tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 7

CARDIOLOGY: Keep Your Eyes Open For 'Slang Terms' For Coronary Blood Flow Measurement

Payments have gone up, and primary procedure list has grownHeads up: You could be letting extra reimbursement during coronary angiograms or cardiac catheterizations slip away. Good news: The 2007 physician fee schedule raised the average payment for 93571 (Intravascular Doppler velocity and/or pressure derived coronary flow reserve measurement... initial vessel) by 7.4 percent to $99.29, and the payment for 93572 (...each additional vessel) rose 6.8 percent to  $77.31. But some providers are missing out on opportunities to bill these codes. Terminology: Physicians use various techniques that you can bill for using 93571-93571. Look...

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