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Date: Sep 8, 2010

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Hi Dr. Z: Question from our Cardiology dept: 2 different scenerios: Pediatric patient is s/p repair of congenital defect (ASD) and having transthoracic echocardiogram. And adult pt who is s/p VSD repair as a child now having a transthoracic echo. in each of these cases--are the congential echo CPT codes used? Thank you, April Childers, RHIT, CCS West Virginia University Hospitals

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