Cardiology Coding Alert

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Take a Quick Tutorial in Chemical Cardioversion Coding

Watch the setting when choosing codes. If your physician performed cardioversion, that service was either chemical or electrical. You can identify chemical cardioversion by sifting through the documentation. A closer look: Chemical cardioversion, using an agent like adenosine, may be used to treat a patient with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) who is not considered unstable, says Michael A. Granovsky, MD, [...]
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