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Ablation RV/RA pacing and recording

Date: Sep 18, 2020

Question:

If RA/RV pacing and recording are not mentioned in the documentation during an ablation for afib/VT/SVT (93656, 93654, 93653), is it necessary to append the modifier -74 (hospital side) to show the full EP study was not performed? Does the reason for the MD not performing the RA/RV pacing and recording have to be documented?

Question ID : 14423
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