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ICD and Pacemaker lead extraction

Date: Jan 26, 2022

Question:

If a surgeon performs cardiac lead extraction in a patient with a capped ICD lead and dual chamber pacemaker leads, can we bill for both pacemaker lead extraction (33235) and ICD lead extraction (33244)? I don't see an NCCI edit to stop the pairing, but it seems like we should only bill for the ICD lead extraction.

Question ID : 16479
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