by Medicalbilling4u | Oct 21, 2011 | Medicare payment basics
TTE affords unique insight into cardiac structure and function. It is a non-invasive technique in which pulsed high-frequency sound waves are used to visualize the contours, movements and dimensions of cardiac structures. Ultra-high frequency sound waves are directed...
by Medicalbilling4u | Oct 18, 2011 | Medicare payment basics
procedure code and description 93312- Echo transesophageal – average fee payment- $300 – $ 320 CPT code 93312 – Echocardiography, transesophageal, real time with image documentation (2D) (with or without M-mode recording); including probe placement,...
by Medicalbilling4u | Oct 15, 2011 | Medicare payment basics
Transcatheter therapy is the administration of medication(s) via an indwelling vascular catheter for therapeutic purposes, or to enable further diagnostic tests following the therapeutic intervention. This LCD does not address thrombolysis, chemotherapy or...
by Medicalbilling4u | Oct 13, 2011 | Medicare payment basics
Injections of a thrombolytic agent (37201, 92975), e.g., streptokinase, alteplase, urokinase, are eligible for payment for the following indications:Treatment of acute arterial thrombosis (preferably within six hours on onset). Treatment of acute ischemic stroke...
by Medicalbilling4u | Oct 11, 2011 | Medicare payment basics
The appropriate indication for the use of any one of these three types of thermotherapy is the treatment of outlet obstruction caused by BPH. The following two specific indications must be met:BPH of sufficient degree to cause the following:A peak urine flow of 15 cc...