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Z82.49 Fam hx of ischemic heart disease
Date: Dec 20, 2018
Question:
An echo (93306) was done, and the findings were "structurally normal heart". The only reason the patient had the echo done was because there is family history of heart disease. Is it appropriate to only code Z82.49 for this study?
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