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Reporting Add-On Code With PVI? Check Mechanism First
Published on Thu May 12, 2016
Then be sure you understand the difference between +93655 and +93657. In Cardiology Coding Alert, vol. 19, no. 4, "Pick Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Case Codes" featured a question about coding pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and right atrial isthmus ablation for a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The answer given was to report 93656 (Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation including transseptal catheterizations, insertion [...]