AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 12 (December)
Medicine: Cardiovascular (Q&A) (December 2017)
December 2017 page 16a Medicine: Cardiovascular Question: Is it appropriate to report both right heart catheterization (93451) and endomyocardial biopsy (93505), if the catheterization is performed solely to obtain the biopsy? Answer: No, it is not appropriate to report code 93451, Right heart catherization, including measurement(s) of oxygen saturation and cardiac output, when performed, when performing an endomyocardial biopsy, if the catheterization is performed solely to obtain the biopsy. Right heart catheterization may only be reported, if it is performed for a separate clinical indication and not merely as a means for obtaining the endomyocardial biopsy.♦ Medicine: Cardiovascular...
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