tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 13

National Correct Coding Initiative: Version 9.2 Promises Big Changes for Cardiology Coding

Heads up, cardiologists: If you're repositioning a pacemaker or electrode, you won't be able to bill separately for inserting a new pacemaker as well. Version 9.2 of the National Correct Coding Initiative, which takes effect July 1, says that two new codes are mutually exclusive with nine other codes: 33215 (Repositioning of previously implanted transvenous pacemaker or pacing cardioverter-defibrillator electrode) and CPT 33226 (Repositioning of previously implanted cardiac venous system electrode).  You can no longer bill either code with pacemaker-related codes 33206-33208, 33214, 33216-33217, 33234-33235 or 33249. Also, you can't bill 33226 with pacemaker insertion codes...

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