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Billing 93622 for LV pacing/recording after PVI ablation completed

Date: Oct 10, 2022

Question:

Can I report code 93622 for this case?

"EP provider completes PVI ablation and confirms entrance and exit block of pulmonary veins. Then, we began an intravenous drug infusion with adenosine and delivered programmed stimulation with atrial burst pacing from the coronary sinus catheter down to atrial tissue refractoriness to induce arrhythmias. The ablator was advanced into the left ventricle and pacing was delivered for heart rate support after heart block was observed during adenosine infusion."

Question ID : 17820
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