At 08:06 PM 12/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>To all:
>
>Comments are due January 8, 1999 regarding the proposed rule on the
>Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. In an attempt to
>substantiate joint SVT & SDMS comments (these being currently under
>development with Bill Sarraille), data on examination time would be very
>useful. Consequently, we request your participation in the following
>informal survey.
>
>All responses will be confidential and, if you request, I will provide a
>copy of our final comments.
>
>The first column is a request for average time of examination in minutes.
>NOTE: time of examination must include the time from which the patient
>enters the examination room until the room is ready for the next patient to
>enter (i.e., not just scan time but the time the room is used by the
>patients examination and related activities - cleaning, etc.). This time
>should represent an average (i.e., neither of the extremes). If you do not
>provide a given procedure, please enter "NA" (or leave blank).
>
>The next two columns include the pertinent CPT code and a brief description
>(refer to a CPT codebook for a complete description).
>
>Thank you in advance for your time and effort.
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>
>Time (Minutes) CPT Description
>
>Diagnostic Ultrasound
>
>Chest
>
> _____ 76845 breast(s) (unilateral or bilateral)
>
>Abdomen & Retroperitoneum
>
> _____ 76700 abdominal, complete
>
> _____ 76705 limited (e.g., single organ, etc.)
>
> _____ 76700 retroperitoneal complete
>
> _____ 76775 limited
>
>Pelvis
>
> _____ 76805 complete maternal & fetal evaluation
>
> _____ 76810 complete maternal/fetal, multiple gestation,
> after the first trimester
>
> _____ 76815 limited (age, heart beat, position, etc.)
>
> _____ 76816 follow-up or repeat
>
> _____ 76818 fetal biophysical profile
>
> _____ 76830 transvaginal
>
> _____ 76856 non-obstetric pelvic, complete
>
> _____ 76857 limited or follow-up (e.g., for follicles)
>
>Genitalia
>
> _____ 76872 transrectal
>
>Ultrasonic Guidance Procedures
>
> _____ 76930 pericardiocentesis
>
> _____ 76934 thoracentesis or abdominal paracentesis
>
> _____ 76936 compression repair of pseudo-aneurysm
> (includes diagnostic evaluation & compression)
>
> _____ 76938 cyst or renal pelvis aspiration
>
> _____ 76942 needle biopsy
>
> _____ 76946 amniocentesis
>
>Echocardiography
>
> _____ 93307 transthoracic 2D, complete
>
> _____ 93308 follow-up or limited
>
> _____ 93320 Doppler, complete
>
> _____ 93321 follow-up or limited
>
> _____ 93325 color Doppler echocardiography
>
> _____ 93350 transthoracic echo at rest and with stress
>
>Vascular
>
> _____ 93880 complete extracranial duplex
>
> _____ 93882 unilateral or limited
>
> __30_ 93922 single level physiologic (e.g., ABIs)
>
> _45__ 93923 multiple level physiologic (eg, segmental BPs)
>
> _75__ 93924 physiologic at rest and after treadmill
>
> _____ 93970 extremity venous duplex; complete
>
> _____ 93971 unilateral or limited
>
> _____ 93975 duplex; abd. pelvic etc. organs; complete
>
> _____ 93976 limited
>
> _____ 93978 duplex; aorta, IVC, iliac; complete
>
> _____ 93979 unilateral or limited
>
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>Franklin W. West
>Writing at 5:05:08 PM on 12/1/98
>
>PVI
>18702 North Creek Parkway, Suite 212
>Bothell, WA 98011
>425.483.4058 (office)
>425.485.6035 (fax)
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