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 Hospital Inpatient Coding Resources

Medtronic provides medical coding resources related to Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management products and procedures to help facilitate appropriate medical billing and coding practices for service provided.

CC/MCC Lookup Tool
Use this tool to search for CC and MCC diagnosis codes associated with the new Medicare MS-DRG payment structure.
Download the CC/MCC Lookup Tool (5MB Excel file)
Note: Please click "Enable Macros" when the file opens for the tool to work properly.

Medicare MS-DRGs Resource
2008 IPPS Resources for Medicare MS-DRGs

Coding Reference Guides

2009 Reveal XT™ and Reveal® DX Reimbursement Guide
14 pages.

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Echocardiography for AV Optimization and V-V Timing

This brochure includes CPT coding information for Echocardiography for AV Optimization and V-V Timing.
3 pages.

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Hospital Coding Reference Guide

This booklet includes the commonly billed hospital codes for Cardiac Resynchronization, Electrophysiology, ICD, Pacing, Reveal Plus and Medtronic CareLink Network procedures. It is not a comprehensive list of all available codes. 
48 pages.

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QR modifier is replaced with Q0 (zero) modifier effective January 1, 2008.

The QR modifier which was used to identify primary prevention patients indicated for an ICD has been replaced with a new modifier, Q0 (zero). The Q0 modifier should be used on both physician and hospital outpatient claims.

For full details, please review the Medicare Integrated Outpatient Code Editor

Reimbursement Guide for ICD Implants

This guide has been developed to assist you in seeking coverage and payment for ICD and CRT-D therapies. This guide also incorporates information regarding the use of ICDs for patients with the expanded coverage indications reflected in the SCD-HeFT and MADIT-II studies. Updated coding information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about coverage, coding and payment are also in this guide.
26 pages.

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Secondary Inpatient Diagnosis Coding for Medicare Cases

This brochure lists the top 100 secondary diagnosis codes for inpatient Medicare cases. It also identifies those codes that are complications or comorbidities (CC) or major complications or comorbidities (MCC).
8 pages.

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