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Acute MI Culprit Lesion Unclear

Date: Aug 20, 2013

Question:

The patient presents with an acute MI, and the doctor states, "It is unclear if the circumflex or the RCA is the culprit lesion."  The physician subsequently stents both (each vessel having about 90% stenosis. Should I report both using code C9606 (hospital coding)? Or report C9606 only once along with code C9600 (if so, which vessel gets assigned code C9606)?

Question ID : 5018
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