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Billable or not?

Date: Jan 28, 2019

Question:

What if during a standard left heart cath the physician performs an abdominal aortic angiogram (75625) because he had an "initial difficulty ascending". The results of that study showed no evidence of any disease. Should I still bill code 75625 for the study, or would this be included in the heart cath at this point? If it is billable, what type of diagnosis would support this service if no disease was found?

Question ID : 11955
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