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CARDIAC DEVICE EVALUATIONS

Date: Feb 25, 2019

Question:

I have a question regarding when the doctor at Cardiology does remote interrogations of pacemakers and ICD units. For PPM we bill 93294 with 93296. With ICD we bill 93295, 93296, and 93297. Why is 93297 fine to bill with 95 and 96 while we get an edit when trying to bill 93294 with 93297? The only difference I see is what kind of device is being interrogated. Also if we want to bill 93294 with 93297, what modifier, if any, would work?

Question ID : 12038
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