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33990 with 33995

Date: Jul 7, 2021

Question:

If an Impella CP is placed in the LV from the RT CFA and an Impella RP is placed in the main PA from the RT CFV, are both CPT codes 33990 and 33995 to be reported together? There is an edit with this code pair. Should modifier XS or 59 to be appended to one of the codes?

Question ID : 15707
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