Catheter placement in coronary artery(s) for coronary angiography, including intraprocedural injection(s) for coronary angiography, imaging supervision and interpretation; with right and left heart catheterization including intraprocedural injection(s) for left ventriculography, when performed, catheter placement(s) in bypass graft(s) (internal mammary, free arterial, venous grafts) with bypass graft angiography with pharmacologic agent administration (eg, inhaled nitric oxide, intravenous infusion of nitroprusside, dobutamine, milrinone, or other agent) including assessing hemodynamic measurements before, during, after and repeat pharmacologic agent administration, when performed
Temporary Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System
C7553 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Catheter placement in coronary artery(s) for coronary angiography, including intraprocedural injection(s) for coronary angiography, imaging supervision and interpretation; with right and left heart catheterization including intraprocedural injection(s) for left ventriculography, when performed, catheter placement(s) in bypass graft(s) (internal mammary, free arterial, venous grafts) with bypass graft angiography with pharmacologic agent administration (eg, inhaled nitric oxide, intravenous infusion of nitroprusside, dobutamine, milrinone, or other agent) including assessing hemodynamic measurements before, during, after and repeat pharmacologic agent administration, when performed or just “R&i hrt art/vent ang drg ad” for short, used in Surgery.
HCPCS Level II Code Temporary Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
|
HCPCS Code | C7553 |
---|---|
Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
HCPCS Modifier1 | |
HCPCS Pricing indicator |
11 - Price established using national RVU's
|
Multiple pricing indicator |
A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
|
Coverage code | C - Carrier judgment |
BETOS2 code | P2F - Major procedure, cardiovascular-Other |
HCPCS Action code | N - No maintenance for this code |
Type of service | 2 - Surgery |
Effective date | Effective Jan 01, 2024 |
Date added | Added Jan 01, 2023 |
HCPCS Coding Procedures |
In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.
Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
“NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment
1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).
2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”