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impella sheath removal

Date: Jan 18, 2021

Question:

My physicians have been removing the Impella on the floor in the ICU but leaving in the 14 French sheath and then bringing the them down to the cath lab the next day to do a tamponade closure using an Armada balloon. Would there be a charge for Impella sheath removal with balloon tamponade (closure of the sheath removal site)?

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