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coronary intervention by wire manipulation

Date: Jan 9, 2019

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"I then proceeded with interventional therapy that consisted of just wire manipulation past the RI/ostial occlusion. The wire traversed through the RI thrombotic occlusion and just with passage of the wire, we reestablished brisk TIMI 3 flow. We required no balloon angioplasty or thrombectomy." Patient came in with chest pain but did not meet criteria for a STEMI, but rather a non-STEMI. How would I code this intervention done with just the wire?

Question ID : 11718
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