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93451 W/ 93505 [RHC & BX]

Date: Jul 6, 2022

Question:

U/S GUIDED VASCULAR ACCESS OF R FEMORAL VEIN. FLUROSCOPYICALLY GUIDED ENDOMYOCARDIAL BX - 2 PASSESS W/ 5 SAMPLES OBTAINED. RHC WITH THERMODILUTION AND FICK CARDIAC OUTPT.

Question: should we keep RHC and apply modifier -59 due to NCCI edit?

Question ID : 17487
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