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empiric CTI

Date: Dec 27, 2022

Question:

I need clarification about the empiric CTI. Can you provide me good example documentation that will indicate empiric CTI was performed? And what is the difference between the CTI ablation 93655 and the empiric CTI? I'm searching online, but I cannot find a good scenario or example of operative report that says empiric CTI was performed. If the patient had PVI ablation performed and then another for atrial flutter typical, do we report code 93656 for the atrial fib and then 93655 for atrial flutter? The location is right atrium CTI.

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