Interventional Cardiology Coding

Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiovascular Coding Reference

Dr. Z’s Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiovascular Coding Reference is a comprehensive manual that details the appropriate coding and charging for these complex and specialized cardiovascular procedures.

• Written by physicians
• Detailed guide about coding and billing rules for cardiology procedures (with anatomical illustrations)
• Covers coding rules for non-invasive and invasive procedures that may be performed by a cardiologist or in a cardiology department

Product # 2414 (hardcopy) & 2414e (eBook)

Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiovascular Coding Reference

2025 books now available! Hardcopies now shipping!

Dr. Z’s Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiovascular Coding Reference is a comprehensive manual that details the appropriate coding and charging for these complex and specialized cardiovascular procedures.

• Written by physicians
• Detailed guide about coding and billing rules for cardiology procedures (with anatomical illustrations)
• Covers coding rules for non-invasive and invasive procedures that may be performed by a cardiologist or in a cardiology department

Product # 2514 (hardcopy) & 2514e (eBook)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Coding Reference

Dr. Z's Cardiothoracic Surgery Coding Reference is a comprehensive manual that guides the user through the appropriate coding of these complex operations involving the heart and chest.

• Written by physicians
• Detailed and clear guide about coding and billing rules for cardiothoracic surgery procedures (with illustrations)
• Open surgical as well as transcatheter procedures are covered

Product #2416e (eBook)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Coding Reference

2025 eBooks now available!

Dr. Z's Cardiothoracic Surgery Coding Reference is a comprehensive manual that guides the user through the appropriate coding of these complex operations involving the heart and chest.

• Written by physicians
• Detailed and clear guide about coding and billing rules for cardiothoracic surgery procedures (with illustrations)
• Open surgical as well as transcatheter procedures are covered

Product #2516e (eBook)

CIRCC Study Guide - 2025 Edition

The CIRCC Study Guide, updated for 2025, is an invaluable training tool for the CIRCC exam. It includes an overview of the CIRCC exam (requirements and test details), terminology to study, basic procedure coding rules, and procedure codes and guidelines.

• Test cases (with answers and explanations) and practice questions (with answers) included
• Developed by ZHealth and the AAPC
• Condenses the information that will be covered in the exam into a 200-page reference guide
• Spiral bound book, printed in black and white

This webinar is a high level overview of the extensive 2025 coding changes to interventional radiology, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and vascular surgery.

This webinar covers the basics of choosing the correct catheter selection codes during complex diagnostic and interventional cases. Focuses on:

• Physician documentation and anatomy (normal and variant)
• Vascular systems, vascular orders, and vascular families
• Selective vs. non-selective catheter placement

This webinar builds on the coding basics of physician documentation and reviewing catheter selection codes. It covers:

• The imaging supervision and interpretation (S&I) 70,000 series of CPT codes
• Extremity, visceral, cervicocerebral, thoracic, and abdominal arterial studies
• Venous, pulmonary, and portal venous imaging codes

This webinar covers angioplasty, atherectomy, and stenting throughout the vascular system. Specifically:

• Lower extremity endovascular revascularization procedures
• Visceral, upper extremity, and venous procedures
• Cervicocerebral revascularization procedures utilizing endovascular approach

This webinar concentrates on percutaneous embolization, thrombectomy, and infusion (both thrombolytic and non-thrombolytic) procedures. Examines:

• Guidelines for interventions on native vessels as well as graft vessels
• Coding as stand-alone procedures
• Coding procedures performed with other interventions

This webinar concentrates on endovascular stent grafts and venous interventions. Discusses:

• Thoracic aortic (TEVAR), abdominal aortic (EVAR), and fenestrated abdominal aortic (FEVAR) stent grafts
• Coding interventions performed in veins (e.g., TIPS, filter placement, and saphenous vein ablations)

This webinar focuses on coding guidelines and documentation required for cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography. Reviews:

• Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography procedures
• Peripheral diagnostic procedures performed with heart catheterizations
• Add-on components and their appropriate use with cardiac catheterization procedure codes

This webinar covers percutaneous cardiac interventions performed in the cardiac catheterization lab, including coronary artery interventions, such as stent placement, PTCA, atherectomy, and other revascularization procedures. Reviews:

• Thrombectomy, thrombolysis, IVUS, OCT, NIR, and FFR
• Physician documentation requirements
• Cardiac chamber interventions (such as patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defect, VSD, PDA closure, valve repairs, valvuloplasty, valve replacement, and left atrial appendage ablation)

This webinar focuses on peripheral diagnostic and interventional procedures in the catheterization lab. Major areas covered include:

• Catheter selections and diagnostic imaging
• Peripheral and visceral angioplasty, atherectomy, stent placement
• Thrombectomy, thrombolysis, and embolization

This webinar covers electrophysiologic procedures including mapping, pharmacologic challenge, diagnostic studies, and ablation.

• Covers pacemaker and defibrillator insertions, revisions, and removals
• Discusses the five electrophysiology ablation procedure codes
• Numerous case examples demonstrate appropriate use of these codes

This webinar broadly covers diagnostic cardiac catheterization, diagnostic imaging, and cardiac interventions in patients with congenital heart defects. Reviews:

• Common congenital syndromes and pertinent anatomy
• The appropriate coding of peripheral diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures that may be performed in conjunction with congenital heart catheterizations
• Complex cardiac chamber interventions
• Bundling, documentation, and catheter placements are also discussed

• FREE webinar!!!!
• Led by expert physician coder Dr. Z
• CIRCC Certified

• FREE webinar!!!!
• Led by expert physician coder Dr. Z
• CIRCC Certified

• FREE webinar!!!!
• Led by expert physician coder Dr. Z
• CIRCC Certified

This course includes coding instructions for imaging of the abdominal aorta and the extremity arteries whether performed in combination or separately. Both selective and non-selective imaging procedures are explained in detail. Numerous actual case examples are presented to assist in coding from the physician documentation.

This course covers the coding of all types of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy procedures, including coronary artery, AV hemodialysis access device, peripheral arterial, and peripheral venous thrombectomy. The different types of thrombectomy devices are described to assist in recognizing terminology associated with the procedure.

Transcatheter lower extremity arterial revascularization is coded much differently than other vascular systems. There is significantly more bundling, and the rules differ based on the specific artery intervened upon. This increases the complexity of coding for these interventions.

This module covers all types of transcatheter percutaneous coronary interventions and their coding rules are discussed in this course. Specific examples are presented for each kind of intervention to assist with converting a physician report to the appropriate CPT codes for billing.

This course covers all vascular stent placement except those performed in the coronary, iliac, femoral, tibial, peroneal, and popliteal arteries (which have separate courses). The student will be guided through all other types of vascular stent placement procedures and the coding rules applicable to each. This includes the carotid artery, vertebral artery, TIPS, venous system, visceral arteries, renal arteries, and other vascular systems.

This course covers all of the diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure codes. We discuss when each code is used, what is included, and when to report add-on codes. Case examples are presented to assist in converting a physician dictated report into CPT codes.

This module covers transcatheter electrophysiology procedures. Diagnostic pacing, recording, arrhythmia induction, and mapping are discussed in detail, as well as therapeutic ablative procedures. Coding rules for each common combination of procedures are explained followed by actual case examples of each to demonstrate the documentation that supports each separately reportable procedure code.

This module covers the appropriate coding of all procedures regarding cardiac pacemakers. This includes device placement, replacement, and removal, as well as electrode placement, replacement, repair, and removal.

This module demonstrates appropriate coding for all transvenous ICD procedures, including implantation, revision, replacement, and upgrade. It also covers procedures involving electrodes, such as replacement, repair, repositioning, and insertion. ICD pocket revision is also included in this thorough discussion of CPT coding for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

This course covers the CPT coding rules for reporting coronary artery bypass graft surgery. It has several case examples explaining how to report grafts performed with both veins and arteries. Other surgical procedures that may be performed at the same time are also discussed, as well as the services that are included in each code.

This three-part session focuses on basic catheter selection coding. It is intended for newcomers, but is also useful for intermediate coders.

This nine-part session covers a "best practice" scenario for coding and billing vascular procedures. There is a review of terminology, devices, anatomy, and physiology pertinent to the vascular system. We focus on CPT coding specific to endovascular diagnostic and interventional procedures.

This five-part session is a detailed discussion of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology procedures, including the specific rules regarding the coding of angiography, coronary arterial and cardiac chamber interventions, diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology procedures, pacemaker and ICD procedures, and pediatric congenital heart catheterization procedures and interventions.