Do a lot of you find your physicians using the axillary artery to place an intra-aortic balloon pump? If so, what code are you using for this?
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Lisi
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Second Heart Cath not billable as diagnostic with CPT 33967 IABP?
Hello,
If a patient had a diagnostic coronary angiogram 93456 and the very next day had an IABP placed 33967 and the provider is billing for another cardiac cath 93454 this time (this is all in preparation of a CABG to be done).
I feel the second day we can’t bill 93454 as the cardiac cath is not diagnostic, statement of left coronary circulation no changes post IABP (but did have full findings documented of all left coronary arteries).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
Iabp
Can IABP 33967 and 33968 be billed the same day. I was paid for the removal but Medicare denied the insertion as mutually exclusive. I can’t find any guidelines on that, can someone clarify this for me.
Thanks