BC Advantage - 2011 Issue 5

Back to Square One: Reinventing Cardiac Catheterization Coding

The 2011 edition of the CPT® manual has dramatically streamlined the codes for cardiac catheterization.  Instead of assigning five codes for a basic left heart catheterization, cardiology coders now need only one.  But although the new system is much simpler in some respects, it still has its challenges.  In this article we'll show you how to navigate this new landscape.CHD or Non-CHD?There are still two separate sets of heart catheterization codesone for procedures performed for congenital heart disease (CHD), and one for everything else.  But it's now a little easier to decide which...

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