Description
Understanding Heart Cath's different access points- Femoral, Brachial, Radial
- LHC vs. Cors only
- R&L Heart caths vs. Swan Ganz Catheter
- Modifiers in the Cath Lab to ensure rightful payment
- FFR vs. IFR- what does this mean? Who pays?
- Injection procedures for cardiac catheterizations
- Understanding the coronary anatomy for PCI
Objectives of the Session:
- Coding branch vessels for PCI- Who is and isn't reimbursing?
- Coding cardiac cath's and interventional procedures at the same setting
- Do the X modifiers play a factor here
- BPG injections and PCI's- the CPT vs Medicare rules
- PCI for AMI- what are the rules for this highly weighted code?
- CCI Edits and understanding Medicare's position on coding
Who should Attend?
- Coders
- Billers
- Administrators
- Collectors
- physicians
- back office
- mid-levels
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