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Induced Atrial Fibrillation

Date: Oct 5, 2020

Question:

In the case of your question 12015, if the patient came in for EP ablation treatment for atrial flutter and they induced atrial fibrillation during the procedure and MD noted it in the conclusion, wouldn't you code atrial fibrillation as an ICD-10 code, for this case? I have been told this would not be coded because it was only induced by the procedure. 

Question ID : 14521
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