Does T82.532D require prior authorization?

No, T82.532D does not require prior authorization (high confidence). Covered without prior authorization.

`T82.532D`, Leakage of artificial heart, subsequent encounter

ICD-10-CM

No Prior Auth Required

Covered without prior authorization (high confidence)

Documentation for CPT 97010, 97018, 97022, and 97026 must reflect medical necessity and be made available to the MAC upon request.
When billing a Z-code as the diagnosis, documentation must include the orthotic/prosthetic device name, date patient received the device, and date training/teaching began.
Documentation for CPT 97542 wheelchair propulsion training must relate the training to expected, attainable functional goals for the patient and/or caregiver.
Physical therapists must report patient contact time in 15-minute increments and bill using G0151 for physical therapy time reporting.

CPT 97110 may be billed when treating impairments of exercise tolerance due to cardiopulmonary impairments.
CPT 97542 (wheelchair management training) may be billed for wheelchair propulsion training when the training is tied to expected functional goals attainable by the patient or caregiver.
Home health physical therapy services are appropriate when based on impairments of body structure/function and demonstrable functional limitations consistent with the related LCD.
Follow-up or limited transthoracic echocardiography performed to evaluate a single specified cardiac problem or region must be billed with CPT 93308.
Limited Doppler/follow-up echocardiographic studies (for targeted velocity or gradient assessment) should be billed with CPT 93321 (e.g., tricuspid regurgitant velocity to estimate pulmonary artery systolic pressure or sequential transmitral velocity in mitral stenosis).
Coverage for thoracic aortography and carotid, vertebral, and subclavian angiography is determined by Local Coverage Determination L35035; services are covered when reasonable and necessary per that LCD.

A56781, Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

NGS-J6-L33577, Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

NOVITAS-JH-L35035, Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography

NGS-JK-L33577, Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

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