Cardiology Question for the Week of November 16, 2020
Question:
Can we report 93454 if a physician performs road-mapping injections for guidance during a coronary intervention?
Question:
Can we report 93454 if a physician performs road-mapping injections for guidance during a coronary intervention?
Question:
A diagnostic cardiac catheterization is performed demonstrating two-vessel coronary disease. Due to the contrast load, the procedure is staged. A lesion in the LAD is treated by a DES at the initial session and the right coronary lesion is treated at a separate encounter. Can the injection of the coronary arteries during the second encounter be coded and billed with code 93454 (coronary angiography only)?