Because a left retrograde heart catheterization is performed for a coronary angiography and left ventriculography, multiple choices C and D are eliminated. There is no mention of catheterization in bypass graft(s), which eliminates multiple choices B. The procedure is performed in the hospital. There is a professional and technical component for the cardiac catheterization codes in which modifier 26 is appended

OMT performed on two regions one in cervical region and one in thoracic region (98925).

Although the patient is scheduled for chemotherapy, only hydration therapy is performed. Hydration therapy codes are selected based on time. The total time for this procedure is one hour and 10 minutes. There is a parenthetical note following code 96361 which states: Report 96361 for infusion intervals greater than 30 minutes beyond one hour increments. There are only 10 additional minutes beyond the first hour, so only 96360 is reported.

(95956-26-52) The key to this encounter is time and the cerebral seizures monitoring using a radio 16 channel EEG. A nurse is in attendance during the test. CPT® guidelines state: Codes 95950-95953 and 95956 are used per 24 hours of recording. For recording of 12 hours or less, use modifier 52.

OMT was only performed on two body regions (cervical and thoracic). The OMT codes are only reported for the number of body regions involved, not the number of lesions in a particular body region.