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CTI ablation

Date: Aug 29, 2018

Question:

The patient had PVI ablation for atrial fibrillation. The doctor then did a CTI ablation without stating that there was continued atrial fibrillation or any other type of arrhythmia. In this type of case are we able to code for the CTI ablation, or do we have to consider it an empirical ablation and just code the PVI?

Question ID : 11350
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