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2013 Facility and Physician Billing Guide
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PHYSICIAN BILLING CODES
Clinicians use Current Procedural Terminology (CPT1) codes to bill for procedures and services. Each CPT code is assigned unique relative value units (RVUs), which are used to determine payment by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other payers. Some commonly billed CPT codes used to describe procedures related to Edwards Lifesciences’ Heart Valve and ThruPort systems technologies are listed below.2 This list may not be comprehensive or complete. These procedures may be subject to the CMS multiple procedure reduction rule. When applicable, a payment reduction of 50% is applied to all payment amounts except the procedure with the greatest RVUs, which is paid at 100% unless exempt by CPT instructions or payer policy.


Surgical Services for Valve Repair/Replacement Procedures Medicare
National Average
Physician Payment3
CPT Code Description Facility Setting
33400 Valvuloplasty, aortic valve; open, with cardiopulmonary bypass $2,332
33401 Valvuloplasty, aortic valve; open, with inflow occlusion $1,453
33403 Valvuloplasty, aortic valve; using transventricular dilation, with cardiopulmonary bypass $1,532
33405 Replacement, aortic valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass; with prosthetic valve other than homograft or stentless valve $2,313
33406 Replacement, aortic valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass; with allograft valve (freehand) $2,945
33410 Replacement, aortic valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass; with stentless tissue valve $2,599
33411 Replacement, aortic valve; with aortic annulus enlargement, noncoronary sinus $3,434
33412 Replacement, aortic valve; with transventricular aortic annulus enlargement (Konno procedure) $3,259
33413 Replacement, aortic valve; by translocation of autologous pulmonary valve with allograft replacement of pulmonary valve (Ross procedure) $3,303
33420 Valvotomy, mitral valve; closed heart $1,464
33422 Valvotomy, mitral valve; open heart, with cardiopulmonary bypass $1,727
33425 Valvuloplasty, mitral valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass $2,801
33426 Valvuloplasty, mitral valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass; with prosthetic ring $2,441
33427 Valvuloplasty, mitral valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass; radical reconstruction, with or without ring $2,502
33430 Replacement, mitral valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass $2,854
33460 Valvectomy, tricuspid valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass $2,485
33463 Valvuloplasty, tricuspid valve; without ring insertion $3,159
33464 Valvuloplasty, tricuspid valve; with ring insertion $2,505
33465 Replacement, tricuspid valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass $2,824
33468 Tricuspid valve repositioning and plication for Ebstein anomaly $2,512
33470 Valvotomy, pulmonary valve, closed heart; transventricular $1,331
33471 Valvotomy, pulmonary valve, closed heart; via pulmonary artery  $1,408
33472 Valvotomy, pulmonary valve, open heart; with inflow occlusion $1,341
33474 Valvotomy, pulmonary valve, open heart; with cardiopulmonary bypass $2,213
33475 Replacement, pulmonary valve $2,407
33999 Unlisted procedure, cardiac surgery Contractor priced
92986 Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty; aortic valve $1,337
92987 Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty; mitral valve $1,384
92990 Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty; pulmonary valve $1,085


Surgical Services for CABG Procedures

Medicare
National Average
Physician Payment3
CPT Code Description Facility Setting
33510 Coronary artery bypass, vein only; single coronary venous graft $1,982
33511 Coronary artery bypass, vein only; 2 coronary venous grafts $2,177
33512 Coronary artery bypass, vein only; 3 coronary venous grafts $2,473
33513 Coronary artery bypass, vein only; 4 coronary venous grafts $2,544
33514 Coronary artery bypass, vein only; 5 coronary venous grafts) $2,682
33516  Coronary artery bypass, vein only; 6 or more coronary venous grafts $2,797
33517 Coronary artery bypass, using venous graft(s) and arterial graft(s); single vein graft (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $191
33518 Coronary artery bypass, using venous graft(s) and arterial graft(s); 2 venous grafts (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $421
33519 Coronary artery bypass, using venous graft(s) and arterial graft(s); 3 venous grafts (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $556
33521 Coronary artery bypass, using venous graft(s) and arterial graft(s);4 venous grafts (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $668
33522 Coronary artery bypass, using venous graft(s) and arterial graft(s); 5 venous grafts (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $750
33523 Coronary artery bypass, using venous graft(s) and arterial graft(s); 6 or more venous grafts (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $852
33530 Reoperation, coronary artery bypass procedure or valve procedure, more than 1 month after original operation (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $536
33533 Coronary artery bypass, using arterial graft(s); single arterial graft  $1,905
33534 Coronary artery bypass, using arterial graft(s); 2 coronary arterial grafts $2,253
33535 Coronary artery bypass, using arterial graft(s); 3 coronary arterial grafts $2,510
33536 Coronary artery bypass, using arterial graft(s); 4 or more coronary arterial grafts $2,687
35600 Harvest of upper extremity artery, 1 segment, for coronary artery bypass procedure (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) $263


Anesthesia Services Medicare
National Average
Physician Payment
CPT Code Description Facility Setting
36013 Introduction of catheter, right heart or main pulmonary artery4 $133
36200 Introduction of catheter, aorta4 $155
36620 Arterial catheterization or cannulation for sampling, monitoring or transfusion (separate procedure); percutaneous4 $50
93318 - 26 Echocardiography, transesophageal (TEE) for monitoring purposes, including probe placement, real time 2D image acquisition and interpretation leading to ongoing (continuous) assessment of (dynamically changing) cardiac pumping function and to therapeutic measures on an immediate time basis5 $109
93503 Insertion and placement of flow directed catheter (e.g., Swan-Ganz catheter) for monitoring purposes $127


INPATIENT HOSPITAL BILLING CODES
Medicare inpatient hospital reimbursement is based upon the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) classification system, which assigns MS-DRGs based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis and procedure codes. The following codes generally describe procedures associated with the use of Edwards Lifesciences’ Heart Valve and ThruPort systems technologies.3

ICD9-CM Procedure Code6 Description
Valve Repair/Replacement Procedures
35.00 Closed heart valvotomy, unspecified valve
35.01 Closed heart valvotomy, aortic valve
35.02 Closed heart valvotomy, mitral valve
35.04 Closed heart valvotomy, tricuspid valve
35.10 Open heart valvuloplasty without replacement, unspecified valve
35.11 Open heart valvuloplasty of aortic valve without replacement
35.12 Open heart valvuloplasty of mitral valve without replacement
35.13 Open heart valvuloplasty of pulmonary valve without replacement
35.14 Open heart valvuloplasty of tricuspid valve without replacement
35.20 Replacement of unspecified heart valve
35.21 Replacement of aortic valve with tissue graft
35.22 Other replacement of aortic valve
35.23 Replacement of mitral valve with tissue graft
35.24 Other replacement of mitral valve
35.25 Open and other replacement of pulmonary valve with tissue graft
35.26 Open and other replacement of pulmonary valve
35.27 Replacement of tricuspid valve with tissue graft
35.28 Other replacement of tricuspid valve
35.33 Annuloplasty
35.99 Other operations on valves of heart
38.91 Arterial Catheterization
88.72 Diagnostic ultrasound of heart
CABG Procedures
36.10 Aortocoronary bypass for heart revascularization, not otherwise specified
36.11 (Aorto)coronary bypass of one coronary artery
36.12 (Aorto)coronary bypass of two coronary artery
36.13 (Aorto)coronary bypass of three coronary artery
36.14 (Aorto)coronary bypass of four or more coronary artery
36.15 Single internal mammary-coronary artery bypass
36.16 Double internal mammary-coronary artery bypass
36.17 Abdominal-coronary artery bypass
36.19 Other bypass anastomosis for heart revascularization
38.91 Arterial catheterization
39.61 Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart surgery


INPATIENT HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT
Medicare reimburses inpatient hospital services under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), which bases payment on Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs). All services and supplies provided during the inpatient admission are bundled into a single MS-DRG payment rate for each patient regardless of the length of stay, intensity of treatments, or number of procedures performed. MS-DRG assignment is usually determined based on the patient’s primary diagnosis or procedure performed, as indicated by the ICD-9-CM codes on the billing form.

MS-DRG7 Description FY2011 Average National Medicare Payment8 FY2012 Average National Medicare Payment9
Valve Repair/Replacement Procedures
216 Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures with cardiac catheterization with MCC $54,578 $54,965
217 Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures with cardiac catheterization with CC $36,595 $36,664
218 Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures with cardiac catheterization without MCC or CC $29,132 $30,851
219 Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization with MCC $45,508 $45,264
220 Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization with CC $30,035 $29,621
221 Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization without MCC or CC $25,017 $24,587

CABG Procedures
231 Coronary bypass with PTCA with MCC $44,533 $43,478
232 Coronary bypass with PTCA without MCC $31,923 $33,000
233 Coronary bypass with cardiac catheterization with MCC $40,217 $41,743
234 Coronary bypass with cardiac catheterization without MCC $27,206 $27,955
235 Coronary bypass without cardiac catheterization with MCC $33,259 $33,499
236 Coronary bypass without cardiac catheterization without MCC $21,241 $21,813


REVENUE CODES10 AND HCPCS CODES
Revenue codes help hospitals categorize services provided by revenue center. Medicare utilizes revenue codes for cost reporting purposes.  For Medicare, revenue codes must be included for each service on a CMS 1450 (UB-04) claim form.  It may be appropriate for hospitals to capture the cost of products used for the procedures described above within Revenue Code 0278 (Medical/Surgical Supply – Other Implant) or Revenue Code 0360 (Operating Room Services - General).  Health Care Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) codes include level I codes (CPT, described above) and level II codes (other products, supplies, and services not included in CPT).  Level II HCPCS codes, including C codes, are not applicable to Edwards’ products utilized in the procedures described above.  C codes are used in conjunction with the Medicare prospective payment system for outpatient procedures only.


References
1 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) copyright 2013 American Medical Association (AMA). All rights reserved. CPT® is a registered trademark of the AMA. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein. Applicable FARS/DFARS restrictions apply to government use.
2 Not all codes provided are applicable for the clinical scenarios in which Edwards Lifesciences’ Heart Valve or ThruPort systems technologies are used. The provider is responsible for selecting the most appropriate code(s) for the patient’s clinical presentation. When diagnostic services are performed, it may be appropriate to add applicable codes according to the service provided following the correct coding guidelines. Services that are considered a component of another procedure may not always be coded and billed separately.
3 For all Medicare Payments for physician, hospital outpatient, and ASC services, the multiple procedure reduction rule may apply. Consult with coding and billing staff, and payer policy for further guidance. National average Medicare payment is calculated using the Conversion Factor of $34.0230, which reflects changes due to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Federal Register Volume 77, Number 222, November 16, 2012. National average is based on factors such as geography, teaching vs. non-teaching hospital, rural vs. urban area, etc. and your payment may be different based on these factors. This payment will differ for commercial payers. Payments are effective January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013.
4 For Minimal Incision Valve Surgery procedures, multiple catheters and/or cannulae are typically used; therefore, the use of modifier -59 may be required. Check with internal billing staff and payer policies for clarification.
5 Diagnostic procedures performed in the facility setting may require the use of modifier -26 to reflect the professional component of the service only. Check with internal billing staff and payer policies for clarification. Intraoperative Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a non-covered service for many payers. Providers may wish to review Medicare’s Correct Coding Initiative when providing anesthesia services in conjunction with TEE. Consult payer policies and contracts for clarification.
6 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification 6th Edition, 2013 ICD-9-CM for hospitals, volume 1, 2, & 3
7 DRG Expert: A Comprehensive Guidebook to the DRG Classification System, 2013.
8 CMS Federal Register, Volume 76; Number 160, August 18, 2011. Payments are effective October 1, 2011- September 30, 2012.
9 CMS Federal Register, Volume 77; Number 170, August 31, 2012. Payments are effective October 1, 2012 - September 30, 2013.
10 National Uniform Billing Committee, American Hospital Association.
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DISCLAIMER
Reimbursement information provided by Edwards Lifesciences is gathered from third-party sources and is presented for informational purposes only. Edwards makes no representation, warranty or guarantee as to the timeliness, accuracy or completeness of the information and such information is not, and should not be construed as reimbursement, coding or legal advice. Any and all references to reimbursement codes are provided as examples only and are not intended to be a recommendation or advice as to the appropriate code for the a particular patient, diagnosis, product or procedure or a guarantee or promise of coverage or payment, nor does Edwards Lifesciences warranty that codes listed are appropriate in all related clinical scenarios. It is the responsibility of the provider to determine if coverage exists and what requirements are necessary for submitting a proper claim for reimbursement to a health plan or payer, including the appropriate code(s) for products provided or services rendered. Laws, regulations, and payer policies concerning reimbursement are complex and change frequently; service providers are responsible for all decisions relating to coding and reimbursement submissions. Medicare’s Correct Coding Initiative and commercial payer policies are reviewed and updated several times each year. Accordingly, Edwards strongly recommends consultation with payers, reimbursement specialists and/or legal counsel regarding appropriate product or procedure codes, coverage, and reimbursement matters.