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33225, 33263, 33244

Date: Jul 5, 2012

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Please do NOT include any actual patient medical records with your question. Hi Dr Z, I would really appreciate your help with this question. Pt comes in for a Biventricular defibrillator generator change. The LV lead is found to be fractured so it is extracted and a new LV lead is placed. So pt had bivent generator change, extraction of LV lead and placement of a new lead. Would this be coded with 33244, 33224 and 33264? Thank you.
Question ID : 3944
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