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33340

Date: Feb 24, 2021

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I have a case where the patient previously had a Watchman device placed but now has a peri-device leak and they are going in with an Amplatzer vascular plug for closure of the leak. Per reading in your 2020 Diagnostic & Interventional CV coding book on pages 197-198 it looks like the direction is to code 33340 again unless it's the LARIAT II and you state to use 33999-GZ. Am I reading this correctly? Should we be using 33340 for the plug via transseptal approach?

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