2016年2月25日 · Our Physicians have started using the Intravascular Ultrasound more and the guidelines that I have found still leave me with questions. Sometimes the physician will use IVUS bilaterally and usually includes the Inferior Vena Cava. For example the Physician will measure the IVC, Right Common...

2003年11月5日 · Experts explain how to recoup your practice's ultrasound pay When cardiologists perform intravascular ultrasounds (IVUS) to diagnose lesions or to help guide therapeutic interventions in the coronary or peripheral vessels, make sure you've got a grip on the primary intervention procedure - this must be crystal- clear to report the IVUS study.

2002年4月1日 · Note: If the cardiologist interprets the images obtained during peripheral IVUS, 75945 (Intravascular ultrasound [non-coronary vessel], radiological supervision and interpretation; initial vessel) and +75946 ( each additional non-coronary vessel [list separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) may be billed with +37250 and +37251.

2007年5月5日 · 1. Pair IVUS With Primary Procedures. First, both the coronary and peripheral IVUS codes are add-on codes, so don't try reporting them without the accompanying primary service, or you'll face denials, says Jennifer Bankhead, RHIT, CPC-H, CIC, specialized coding analyst for St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark.

2020年1月28日 · The IVUS catheter was advanced into the IVC with measurements obtained and recorded during catheter retraction into the right common iliac vein, followed by the external iliac vein, and concluding with the common femoral vein (I would award 36010 and 37252, 37253x2 based off of this sentence). IVUS catheter was removed from the body.

IVUS and 37252 and 37253 A specific Example: In this example IVUS was performed in Superficial Femoral Artery, Popliteal, AT, and Dorsel Pedis. Should this have been coded as 37252 and 37253 only?

2013年6月3日 · IVUS of dLM and pLAD performed, which was not significant -- Intravascular ultrasound was performed using a Runway 6FR LBU 3.5 catheter over a previously placed guidewire. The target lesion had a length of 15 mm and a diameter stenosis of 60 %. No dissection. Eccentric plaque present. No thrombus present. Based on the results of this study,

2012年2月24日 · IVUS showed significant plaque in the LMCA with a minimum lumen area of 5.0 mm2 in the ostium. Hemodynamic assessment of the left main coronary artery was done using the soft tipped guiding catheter. Considering the significance of the ostial LMCA lesion, I did not want to administer adenosine for formal FFR testing.

2016年3月15日 · Forbidden few: A few codes already present in CPT ® include IVUS, so you should not report +37252 or +37253 in conjunction with those codes. Specifically, you should not report separate IVUS codes in addition to intravascular vena cava filter codes 37191, 37192, and 37193, or in addition to intravascular foreign body retrieval code 37197.

2016年4月7日 · I am confused on why the physician is performed non coronary IVUS procedure when doing a diagnostic cath. I would assume at some point during this procedure there was a diagnostic angiogram performed on a non coronary vessel. Or was this a follow up procedure to a diagnostic procedure of a non coronary vessel from a different encounter? 37525