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Venography with EP ablation
Date: Jun 5, 2012
Question:
Adult patient with fontan baffle and bilateral occluded femoral veins comes in for SVT ablation. Direct hepatic puncture was done for access and an ablate catheter placed into the hepatic sheath. A 20-pole EP catheter was placed through RIJ access. LFV injection was performed and revealed already known occlusion. The access and injections were done by the Peds interventionalist and the EP/Ablation was done by the Peds electrophysiologist. I would not code for the access and injections. Would you? Thank you.
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