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Date: Sep 8, 2010

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DR. Z, We have a case where they ablated the VT and then proceeded to ablate the AVT (atrial Flutter) can we charge 93652 and 93651? Per NCCI edit they are mutually exclusive unless performed different session, site or encounter, can we use '59' since both performed for differnt reasons and sites? Please explain. Thanks

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