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Procainamide for induction of arrhythmia

Date: Feb 25, 2019

Question:

A physician's documentation indicates that procainamide was infused for 20 minutes with serial ECGs performed every 10 minutes over a one-hour period to test for the presence of an arrhythmia. Since no CPT code accurately describes this procedure, would it be appropriate to bill a code for the infusion (96365) and a code for one or more ECGs, if the documentation supports them?

Question ID : 12110
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