Q/A: Billing code 92960 in the ED
APCs Weekly Monitor, September 25, 2009
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“CPT codes 92960 and 92961 are used to report cardioversion. Code 92960 specifically describes elective (nonemergency) external electrical cardioversion. [emphasis added] Elective cardioversion is most often used to treat atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter if anti-arrhythmic drugs fail to convert the heart back to normal sinus rhythm, or if the patient is hemodynamically unstable. The electric shock given in cardioversion is synchronized (ie, timed to occur during the R wave of the electrocardiogram). The patient will have his/her heart rhythm monitored for several hours after the procedure to ensure the rhythm remains stable.”
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