Does the VA consider Code 7005 Ischemic heart disease, Arteriosclerotic heart disease, Atherosclerotic heart disease, or Coronary artery disease (CAD) and Analogous Code 7099-7017 coronary bypass surgery as Pyramiding?
Conditions that are not in the VASRD are rated “analogously” with a condition that is in the VASRD. “Analogous” in this case means the condition that is closest to the overall condition, that best describes the main symptoms, or that has the same treatments. When rating a condition on an analogous code, the final code will most commonly look like this: 8099-8003. The first four-digits tells us that this condition is rated analogously. The second four-digits is the code the condition is rated on. To determine the first four-digits, take the first two digits of the second code and add 99 to the end. 8003 = 80__, and then just add 99 = 8099. Then add the second code to it with a hyphen between: 8099-8003
A coronary artery stent is a tube that is surgically placed in the arteries of the heart to keep them from collapsing. It is Analogously rated under code 7017, coronary bypass surgery as 7099-7017.
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Does the VA consider Code 7005 Ischemic heart disease, Arteriosclerotic heart disease, Atherosclerotic heart disease, or Coronary artery disease (CAD) and Analogous Code 7099-7017 coronary bypass surgery as Pyramiding?
Conditions that are not in the VASRD are rated “analogously” with a condition that is in the VASRD. “Analogous” in this case means the condition that is closest to the overall condition, that best describes the main symptoms, or that has the same treatments. When rating a condition on an analogous code, the final code will most commonly look like this: 8099-8003. The first four-digits tells us that this condition is rated analogously. The second four-digits is the code the condition is rated on. To determine the first four-digits, take the first two digits of the second code and add 99 to the end. 8003 = 80__, and then just add 99 = 8099. Then add the second code to it with a hyphen between: 8099-8003
A coronary artery stent is a tube that is surgically placed in the arteries of the heart to keep them from collapsing. It is Analogously rated under code 7017, coronary bypass surgery as 7099-7017.
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