When you are reporting cardiology services, what 3 sections of CPT Manual will you most likely using? -
Answers -Surgery cardiovascular sugical
-Medicine nonsurgical cardiovascular
-radiology diagnostic study or radiologic visualization
surgery - Answers -heart and pericardium
-endoscopy
-arteries and veins
-adjuvant techniques
medicine - Answers -therapuetic servies
-cardiography
-echocardioraphy
-cardiac cath
-intracardiac electrophysiological
-peripheral arterial disease rehab
-other vascular studies
-other procedures
radiology - Answers - diagnositc radiology
, -diagnostic ultrasound
-ultrasonic guidance
-radiologic guidance
-nuclear medicine
-cardiovascular
what does invasive mean? - Answers -entering the body, breaking the skin
-to make a correction or for examination
-percutaneous
-invasive cardiology procedures are also referred to as interventional procedures
what does not invasive mean? - Answers -not breaking the skin
-usually peformed for diagnostic purposed; performed outside the body
example:electrocardiograms,vascular studies
first step in coding cardiology services - Answers make a determination whether the service is invasive
or noninvasive
what is electrophysiology? - Answers -study of the electrical system of the heart and includes the study
of arrhytmias
-medicine codes 93600-93662
more invasive treatments - Answers pacemaker placement
cardioverter-defibrillator