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Micra Leadless Pacemaker Insertion via Open heart incision

Date: Aug 28, 2020

Question:

We have a cardiologist who is performing a Micra leadless pacemaker device insertion into the RV during another surgeon's open heart procedure (e.g., TV replacement). He is deploying the device through the catheter delivery system, but the tip of the catheter is being inserted via an open incision into the heart and the catheter is not being inserted into a vein access point. Can we still report this using code 33274?

Question ID : 14361
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