Question: Is it OK to report conscious sedation for a cardiac catheterization?
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Answer: CPT guidelines and Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits will keep you from reporting conscious sedation with most cardiac catheterization codes.
CPT: CPT uses a symbol – that looks like a circle with a dot in the center – to identify codes which CPT considers to include conscious sedation as part of the procedure. As a result, you should not report moderate sedation (99143-99145, Moderate sedation [...]
