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Non-Coronary IVUS Catheter used to obtain RH pressures

Date: Aug 14, 2018

Question:

Is it appropriate to report code 93451 when an IVUS catheter is used to obtain right heart pressures during an IVC gram and bilateral lower extremity venogram? Indication for procedure: bilateral lower extremity swelling. Excerpt of physician documentation: "I also used the IVUS catheter to measure pressures in the right atrium." Findings: The right atrial mean pressure was 15 mmHg.

Question ID : 11289
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