Transcription of 2021 Physician and Facility Billing Guide
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Transcatheter Heart Valve Replacement TechnologiesPhysician Billing CodesPhysicians use Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to bill for procedures and services. Category I CPT codes are assigned unique relative value units (RVUs), which are used to determine payment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Category I CPT codes have been implemented for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) procedures. Clinicians use CPT Category III codes to track the use of emerging technology, services, and procedures for clinical efficacy, utilization and outcomes, and to facilitate Billing .
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.
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