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Angiography During SVT Ablation

Date: Jan 20, 2014

Question:

Patient arrives to EP lab for comprehensive SVT ablation (93653). During mapping, the physician decides to do a retrograde Ao root angiogram at level of aortic valve to map coronary arteries in order to possibly ablate a focus. No primary heart catheterization is done. On occasion a coronary angio may be performed, but not always. How would I code the aortogram?

Question ID : 5355
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