Permanent cardiac pacemakers refer to a group of self-contained, battery operated, implanted devices that send electrical stimulation to the heart through one or more implanted… Read More »NCD for Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Cardiac Pacemakers
Left Heart Catheterization The physician threads a catheter to the heart, most frequently through an introducing sheath placed percutaneously into the femoral, brachial, or axillary… Read More »Coding guidelines for interventional cardiology – LHC, RHC and Coronary Angiogram
Swan-Ganz Catheterization procedure commonly includes insertion of a flexible, balloon-tipped catheter into the pulmonary artery for bedside diagnosis or hemodynamic monitoring of the critically ill… Read More »Coding Guidelines for Swan-Ganz Catheterization
The following services are included in cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography, and should not be separately billed to Medicare: sedation; local anesthesia; positioning, repositioning, and… Read More »Services included in cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography
CPT code 93503 (Swan-Ganz) is reported when the procedure is done at bedside (e.g., critical care unit/operating room suite) and the procedure is done for… Read More »Services included in Swan-Ganz catheter (93503)