MBC Ch 17 Cardio

If fluoroscopic guidance is used during the insertion of a pacemaker, it is bundled with the primary procedure and cannot be reported separately.

• True

• False

When coding a change of battery in a pacemaker, both the removal and the re-implantation are separately coded.

• True

• False

____ cardiology is entering the body to make a correction or for examination.

• a. Invasive

• b. Noninvasive

• c. Electrophysiology

• d. Nuclear

Supervision and interpretation codes for angiography are located where in the CPT manual?

• a. Cardiology subsection

• b. Radiology section

• c. Lab section

• d. Medicine section

An example of a noninvasive cardiology procedure/service is:

• a. placement of a temporary pacemaker

• b. placement of an intra-aortic balloon assist device

• c. cardiovascular stress test

• d. angioplasty

The major division of the Cardiovascular subsection is by how a procedure involved a ____ vessel.

• a. damaged or healthy

• b. coronary or noncoronary

• c. bypassed or native

• d. selective or nonselective

The device that can be inserted into the body to electrically shock the heart into regular rhythm.

• a. epicardial rhythm enhancer

• b. implantable defibrillator

• c. ventricle insertion

• d. transverse marker

What is the name of the electrodes that are placed into the atrium and/or ventricle of the heart when a pacemaker is inserted?

• a. guidewires

• b. catheters

• c. leads

• d. threads

What are the three sections of the CPT manual that you use to code many cardiovascular services?

• a. Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesia

• b. Surgery, Radiology, Medicine

• c. Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology

• d. Pathology, Radiology, Surgery

What does the abbreviation EP mean as it relates to cardiovascular services?

• electropathophysiology

• electric pathology

• electrophysiology

• elective procedure