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93581

Date: Feb 27, 2012

Question:

The physician performs a percutaneous transcatheter closure of a post-operative ventricular septal defect. Can we use 93581 or must an unlisted code be used? The procedure is the same but the condition is acquired not congenital. Thanks for your help.
Question ID : 3515
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