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Aortic pressure

Date: May 4, 2022

Question:

I have a patient who was taken to the cath lab, was sedated, and left femoral artery access was achieved. All the doctor documents after that is aortic pressures and arterial pressures. I am at a loss as to what to bill this as, because he did not do a cardiac cath or an aortagram, just the pressures. Is this billable, and if so what code(s) would I use?

Question ID : 16622
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