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VDD Pacemaker Lead

Date: Jan 19, 2019

Question:

A patient has a VDD pacemaker. It is my understanding that a VDD pacemaker has a single lead, which paces and senses in the RV but only senses in the RA. Although there is technically only one lead, a dual chamber generator is used for the VDD system. The patient is having his VDD lead extracted. Would this be coded with 33234 or 33235?

Question ID : 11908
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