tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 4
CARDIOLOGY: Be Prepared To Fight For Reimbursement For 93508 With 92980
Don't use 93508 for "roadmap to stent placement"Is your cardiologist receiving proper reimbursement for all the procedures you-re billing?Not necessarily, say experts, if you-re billing your catheterization using 93508 instead of 93510, along with a 92980 for stent placement.The problem: Many carriers will pay for 93510 along with 92980, but not 93508. This is because the carriers mistakenly believe you-re only using the 93508 to bill for the necessary catheter placement to guide the stent placement, not as a separate procedure, say coders.The difference: 93508 is the same procedure as 93510, except that the physician doesn't...
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