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Acute MI 92941

Date: Dec 1, 2014

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Pt. came in as a stemi. Pt. had previous grafts and the physician stented the native circumflex,not going through svg.In the final impression he stated that the svg to the om was the culprit lesion. I'm assuming, due to years working in the cath lab, and not what the physician stated in his dictation that he opened the native circumflex to get flow to the om. If the pt. comes in infarcting but he doesn't do the culprit lesion, can we still charge AMI-92941?

Question ID : 6230
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