AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2007 Issue 4; FOR your INFORMATION

New HCPCS Level II codes for echocardiograms with contrast

OPPS FINAL RULE The following information was posted in the November 27, 2007, Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule at www.cms.gov. New HCPCS Level II codes for echocardiograms with contrast For CY 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created 8 new HCPCS Level II codes to capture transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiographs performed with contrast. Hospitals that perform echocardiograms without contrast should continue to use the existing Level I CPT codes (93303-93350) for these services. CMS will provide further instruction regarding the reporting of echocardiograms with and without contrast in their January 2007 OPPS...

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