Append modifier 52 for ‘limited’ stress echocardiography for TAVR

Question: Our clinic’s echocardiography department has started doing limited echoes with Dobutamine for stress with patients who have severe aortic stenosis to see if they qualify for a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. Our head echo tech wants to know how to bill these. Answer: There is no code for a limited echocardiogram. Instead, […]