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Date: May 12, 2010
Question:
Dr Z., our cardiologists are now placing a catheter in the femoral vein in order to cool down an acute cardiac patient. These are STEMI patients admitted from the ED. Our cardiologist would like to know if they can charge for that, and if so what would be the CPT code for it? Thank you Jane Mateski, RHIT, CCS
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