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Coding G0269 for physician billing
Date: Jan 26, 2022
Question:
Should G0269 be billed with heart catheterizations? The 2021 Chapter 11 NCCI Policy Manual states it may be billed, but everything else I read states no.
Per Chapter 11 - Placement of an occlusive device such as an angio seal or vascular plug into an arterial or venous access site after cardiac catheterization or other diagnostic or interventional procedure may be reported with HCPCs G0269.
The CPT book states closure device placement at the vascular site is inherent to the catheterization and is not separately reported.
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