tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 13

CARDIOLOGY: Are You Billing The Wrong Code For Heart CTAs?

Hint: Get heart CTA claims off your chestCoders are clinging to CPT code 71275 for heart computed tomographic angiography (CTA) claims--even though CPT 2006 includes new Category III codes for this service (0144T-0151T). (See PBI, Vol. 6, No. 26.)Caution: Many Medicare carriers won't pay for 0144T-0151T, or may pay for them only if you make special arrangements. But that doesn't mean you can bill 71275 for a coronary CTA, experts warn. 71275 is only for a chest CTA, not a heart CTA. "So many doctors are still using the chest CT code incorrectly," laments Terry Fletcher, a...

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