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MI with Multiple Culprit Lesions

Date: Aug 20, 2013

Question:

I work for an acute care hospital facility. Patient arrives in process of having an STEMI. The physician describes multiple "culprit" lesions and doesn't identify only one as the cause of the MI. Is it correct to code more than one intervention utilizing the acute MI codes such as C9604, C9606, and 92941 if the physician decribes several culprit lesions?

Question ID : 5031
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