tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 25
CARDIOLOGY REVENUE BOOSTER: Peripheral Procedures Could Spell Extra Reimbursement
Educate your physicians to document catheter placement for angiogramsWatch out: You could be one of the cardiology practices losing out on reimbursement for peripheral procedures performed with heart catheterization, warns Jackie Miller with Coding Strategies in Powder Springs, GA.The problem: The cardiologists- documentation may not clearly indicate what the physicians did, Miller explains. For example, Medicare pays much more for a selective renal angiogram (with catheterization of the renal arteries) than for a non-selective renal angiogram (with the catheter positioned in the aorta). But many cardiologists don't note whether they catheterized the renal arteries, so you end...
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