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Congenital vs. non-congenital echo

Date: Jan 16, 2020

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I review coding for a pediatric cardiology group. The cardiologists frequently bill complete congenital echoes even when there is no congenital finding (for example, syncope or a functional murmur). Is there a difference between the two "complete" echoes with regard to the structures viewed and measurements? In one conversation, one of the doctors did seem to feel the complete congenital echo was more work than a complete non-congenital echo and wished to bill the 93303/93320/93325 instead of 93306.

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