Cardiology Coding Alert

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Decode This CRT Scenario With Ease

Question: The doctor implanted a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device, and he could not position the left ventricular (LV) lead. He opted for either a bundle of HIS lead or a left bundle branch (LBB) lead to act as the coronary sinus (CS) lead. He bills this as a CRT. I’m looking in the documentation for the CS lead, and there [...]
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