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When to use Congenital Heart codes

Date: Mar 15, 2023

Question:

22-year-old male comes in for LHC/ RHC/COR 93460 for anomalous pulmonary venous return of the right PVs with a significant 2.5 Qp/Qs shunt fraction. per Echo. No prior hx of congenital heart disease. Would you use 93460 or congenital codes 93597, 93598, 93563?

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