CCO Admin asked:
I have a practice question that I do not understand.
A 59 year old male experienced left arm pain while cleaning the garage. There was no injury. His physician scheduled a 30 minute stress test using the Bruce Protocol at the hospital. There was no arm pain while on the treadmill; he did have a slight heart rhythm abnormality. The patient rested for 2 minutes. He had no further symptoms or pain. The cardiologist supervised the study; interpreted the test and dictated the report. What CPT code(s) is / are reported?
I answered code 93015 and missed it. I do not understand why that is incorrect when the physician did all 3 components. He supervised; interpreted and reported the findings.
The quiz indicates that the correct answer is 93016 and 93018
Can someone explain please? Thanks
Answer:
The tricky phrase here is "at the hospital". He was in a facility setting so you cannot use 93015. See this blog post for details. <https://www.aapc.com/blog/31936-cpt-93015-applies-only-to-global-cardiovascular-stress-test/>
I have a practice question that I do not understand.
A 59 year old male experienced left arm pain while cleaning the garage. There was no injury. His physician scheduled a 30 minute stress test using the Bruce Protocol at the hospital. There was no arm pain while on the treadmill; he did have a slight heart rhythm abnormality. The patient rested for 2 minutes. He had no further symptoms or pain. The cardiologist supervised the study; interpreted the test and dictated the report. What CPT code(s) is / are reported?
I answered code 93015 and missed it. I do not understand why that is incorrect when the physician did all 3 components. He supervised; interpreted and reported the findings.
The quiz indicates that the correct answer is 93016 and 93018
Can someone explain please? Thanks
Answer:
The tricky phrase here is "at the hospital". He was in a facility setting so you cannot use 93015. See this blog post for details. <https://www.aapc.com/blog/31936-cpt-93015-applies-only-to-global-cardiovascular-stress-test/>
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