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CardioMems HF System

Date: Sep 1, 2015

Question:

For hospital coding, we use C9741 for insertion of CardioMems, which includes a right heart cath. If a right and left heart cath were done at the same time of the CardioMems insertion, can we use code C9741 as well as left heart cath 93458? Or does code C9741 include both a right and left heart cath? 

Question ID : 7076
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