HCPCS code C8929 — Tte w or wo fol wcon,doppler. Status: Active. Effective Jan 1, 2009. Source: CMS HCPCS Level II.

C8929

Active

Tte w or wo fol wcon,doppler

Transthoracic echocardiography with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, real-time with image documentation (2d), includes m-mode recording, when performed, complete, with spectral doppler echocardiography, and with color flow doppler echocardiography

Category: Outpatient PPS
Section: C-codes: Outpatient PPS
Effective: Jan 1, 2009
Code type: alphanumeric
OPPS Status: S — Significant procedure — not subject to multiple procedure reduction
OPPS APC: 5573

MUE — Medically Unlikely Edits

Maximum units of C8929 Medicare will pay for one beneficiary on one date of service. Claims exceeding the MUE are denied or returned for review.

Service Type Max Units / Day
Outpatient Hospital 1
Practitioner Services 1

Source: CMS Medicare NCCI Medically Unlikely Edits

NCCI Edits

The following codes cannot be billed together with C8929 without appropriate documentation.

Column 2 Code Modifier
C8924 Modifier may bypass edit

Source: CMS National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)

NCCI Edits — Reverse Direction

C8929 cannot be billed together with the following column 1 codes without appropriate documentation.

Column 1 Code Modifier
C8923 Modifier cannot bypass edit
C8928 Modifier may bypass edit
C8930 Modifier may bypass edit

Source: CMS National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)