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limited transthoracic Echo and TAVR same DOS but different providers

Date: Oct 16, 2023

Question:

Can we bill transthoracic echo limited with color flow and pulsed wave codes 93308-26, 93321-26, and 93325-26 on the same date of service as the TAVR code 33361? The TAVR IS PERFORMED by one cardiologist and the TTE is preformed by a DIFFERENT cardiologist. I know we can bill the TEE 93355 when a TAVR is preformed when a different cardiologist performs the TEE. Our cardiologist are now starting to do the TTE with the TAVRs. I had read on one of your post if they preformed a TTE the diagnosis would need to be different from the reason we preformed the TAVR. Could you please give clarification on if we can bill a limited echo 93308-26, 93321-26, 9325-26 with a TAVR with two different providers, one preforming the TAVR and the other preforming the transthoracic limited echo when the same diagnosis is being applied?

Question ID : 19508
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