T82.512A — Breakdown (mechanical) of artificial heart, initial encounter
ICD-10-CM
Prior Authorization
No Prior Auth Required
Code is covered without prior authorization (high confidence)
Documentation Required
- All documentation must be maintained in the patient's medical record and made available to the contractor upon request.
- Every page of the record must be legible and include appropriate patient identification information, including complete name and dates of service.
- The documentation must include the legible signature of the physician or non-physician practitioner responsible for and providing the patient's care.
- The submitted medical record must support the use of the selected ICD-10-CM code(s).
Key Coverage Criteria
- When billing Medicare Part B for analysis of a Wearable Defibrillator System, report CPT code 93292.
- Report CPT codes 93260, 93261, and 93279-93292 when performing the corresponding cardiac rhythm device evaluation procedures (reported per procedure).
- Follow-up or limited transthoracic echocardiography performed to evaluate a single specified cardiac problem or region must be billed with CPT 93308.
- Limited Doppler/follow-up echocardiographic studies (for targeted velocity or gradient assessment) should be billed with CPT 93321 (e.g., tricuspid regurgitant velocity to estimate pulmonary artery systolic pressure or sequential transmitral velocity in mitral stenosis).
- Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is covered when the patient's medical record documents medical necessity consistent with the LCD indications for TTE.
- Contrast (contrast-enhanced) echocardiography is covered when conventional echocardiographic studies were inconclusive and contrast enhancement is needed to complete diagnostic evaluation.
16 Active Policies
L33577 — Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
J06
A56781 — Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
J06
L34833 — Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation
J12
A56602 — Billing and Coding: Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation
J12
A57306 — Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
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