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Injection of adenosine during cardiac catheterization

Date: Dec 12, 2011

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Hello~ I am asking for clarification of your answer below. Q uestion: Does the new code 93463 include adenosine? Answer: Yes, if given and a repeat heart Cath is done. Code 93463 is for repeating the heart cath after infusion of a drug, not just giving a drug. Dr.z So if adenosine is given as part of the FFR, which includes pharma stressing, and the report reads: resting FFR across lesion is .9x following maximal adenosine infusion this jumps to .8x, showing no evidence of hemodynamically significant stenosis". We would not code 93463 additionally, but can you provide a situation that adenosine is used that we could? Thanks, Eileen
Question ID : 3336
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