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Date: Aug 11, 2010

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Dr. Z, Patient came for Permanent pacemaker insertion on day one and the next day (still in hospital OBservation status) return to the cath lab for repositioning of the atrial lead since this in global period can't charge 33215 separate however can we charge for fluoro time with 76000, please clarify. Thanks

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