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I can’t find a specific rule, but I thought that we could code and bill for the insertion of a temporary pacemaker but should not code or bill for the removal of the temporary device. Is this correct?

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Do the changes to the moderate sedation guidelines mean that my doctor can now bill for this when he provides it during a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)?

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Can a removal loop recorder (33284) and an implant loop recorder (33282) be charged on the same day?

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Our doctor performed a coronary angiogram and then a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) angiogram to determine if the LIMA was suitable to use as a bypass graft. What code would we report for this?

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I know that when a TEE (transesophageal echocardiography) is performed with contrast on a Medicare patient that we should assign C8926 or C8927 with add-on codes 93320–93325 (if performed), but what code should we bill in addition to 93312 on a non-Medicare patient if contrast is used?

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What code would be assigned when only one lead on a dual-chamber pacemaker is replaced?

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Can we use the following CPT code for ultrasound guidance for vascular access in the heart cath lab if we have documentation and archived images?

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We did a bi-ventricular ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) generator change. No leads were changed, just the generator. What code would we assign?

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Does 92941 include treatment of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) as well as STEMI?

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One of our patients recently had coronary stents placed. Today he presented with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and the doctor performed an angioplasty only in one of the stents. May we still report code 92941 even though there was only one type of intervention?