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Acute Stemi in progress during intervention
Date: Jun 21, 2018
Question:
If an inpatient is scheduled for a heart cath but goes into an acute MI while being taken to the cath lab and/or goes into an acute Mi during intervention, can I bill code 92941? When reading the code it seems to indicate that intervention during an acute AMI would be appropriate if supported by the documentation. Our physician's argument is that the MI during the intervention has greatly increased the complications of the case. Any guidance you can share with us would be greatly appreciated.
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