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Coding 93609 with 93653 & 93656 per CPT assistant

Date: Mar 11, 2025

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CPT Assistant, October 2023, page 18 Q & A regarding billing 93609 even when 93613 is done with 93653 and 93656 ablations. I am currently going back and forth if this would be billable with my coding department. I spoke to my EP physician, and he states that intra-atrial mapping of tachycardia is not the same as a 3D mapping. And also, the CPT Assistant article states that the 93609 can be billed even with the 3D mapping 93613 being done too. Should I be coding the 93609? If not, why?

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