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Challenge test before EP study/ablation

Date: Apr 30, 2021

Question:

A patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and sustained VT will be having the following procedures:

Plan: 1 adenosine challenge test. (If adenosine challenge is negative, then the MD will proceed to do the EP study/ablation.)

How would I code for the adenosine challenge test? (This procedure would be done prior the EP study.)

Question ID : 15364
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