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Placement of Impella 33990 with non diagnostic cath

Date: Oct 15, 2018

Question:

Does the left heart cath procedure need to be diagnostic in order to bill code 93458? Or can the provider report 93458 if just used for the placement of 33990?

Question ID : 11477
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