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Congenital heart catheterization
Date: Jan 10, 2011
Question:
Dr. Zielski, We only treat adults in our Cardiac Cath lab. What kind of congenital defects will merit the use of the Congenital Catheterization codes in an ADULT? I went the Las Vegas meeting in November, and there is slide where some congenital defects are listed. Can I go by that list? I thought of using it, but I remembered that you mentioned that PFO is not an indication to use the congenital codes. Should we exclude any others?
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