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Acute MI that is too unstable to go directly to cath lab

Date: Oct 28, 2020

Question:

A provider wants to bill a 92941 for a patient with an acute MI who was too unstable to go directly to the cath lab. The patient was stabilized and sent for a cath and intervention later. Would this be coded with a 92941?

Question ID : 14653
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