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33608 or 33920

Date: Oct 16, 2023

Question:

Patient came in for a right ventricle to pulmonary conduit replacement due to severe conduit dysfunction with stenosis and regurgitation. Patient had tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia with repair ten years ago, so would you report code 33920 for the replacement since patient did originally have pulmonary atresia, or would you report code 33608 since the pulmonary atresia was corrected ten years ago?

Question ID : 19523
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