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TEE during TAVR

Date: Mar 25, 2015

Question:

Can we code a TEE during TAVR? Your 2015 Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiovascular Coding Reference, page 146, #3, says do code for TEE if utilized during percutaneous valve replacement; however, your online member newsletter dated December 17, 2014 states under Chapter 5 that "TEE is also NOT separately reportable with TAVR". Which is correct?

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