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Arrythmia Type Matters for Most Catheter Ablation Claims

Published on Tue Mar 02, 2021

Hint: You can report code +93657 in conjunction with code 93656. In some cases, your cardiologist may perform ablation to treat a patient’s tachycardia, a type of arrhythmia. When you come across ablation claims, you need to make sure you pay attention to what type of arrhythmia your cardiologist treated as well as how to correctly append the ablation add-on [...]
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