Paula, We bill for the limited carotid, (actually now a left or right
     carotid) but unless you do them as a 2359 (ie:op) then it falls under the
     DRG and you actually don't get anything extra for them. However, please
     don't let that prevent you from scanning intra-operatively. If you only
     find a single defect that gets repaired and prevents a CVA, you pay for
     doing it the all year.

     Bill Schroedter
     Venice,Fl.


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Subject: Intra-OP for carotids
Author:  UVM Flownet <[log in to unmask]> (Paula Gehr <[log in to unmask]>) at
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Date:    4/10/00 2:32 PM


       Hello, Can anyone share what reimbursement they are getting for intr-op
       carotids? Also how are you billing it for insurance and
       medicare? What codes are you using? Thank you, [log in to unmask]