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Attempt to Cross Aortic Valve

Date: Jan 28, 2019

Question:

We have an outside auditor who is stating that we should code for a LHC when only an attempt to cross the AV is made. I have multiple reference books - your CV coding ref, CSI, Medlearn, and CPT Assistant. I cannot locate any reference that states this. They all say that the AV has to be crossed. Can you clarify? If the MD attempts to cross an AV and cannot, can we still code that as a LHC?

Question ID : 11991
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