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SINGLE LEAD PACEMAKER GENERATOR CHANGE

Date: Feb 16, 2018

Question:

1) Pacemaker generator change. 2) Placement of a new lead in the right ventricle. 3) Capping and abandonment of old lead.... When the existing right ventricular lead has been capped and abandoned and new lead is advanced into the right ventricular apex using a combination of straight and custom-formed stylettes onto new pacemaker generator (pulse generator was also changed), should this procedure be coded as 33212, 33216, and 33233? Or 33227 with 33212 and 33216? And is fluoroscopy always included in pacemaker procedure?

Question ID : 10470
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