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Pacemaker insertion with leads placed in the right atrium & bundle of HIS
Date: Jun 1, 2022
Question:
Coding Clinic (4th quarter 2020, page 10) states to report 33206 for pacemaker insertion with atrial and His bundle lead insertions. I believe your advice has been to report His lead based on chamber in which it is placed. If the physician states the His lead is placed in the right ventricle, and a right atrial lead is placed along with pacemaker insertion, do you recommend reporting 33206 or 33208?
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