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Choose Correct Cardiac Catheterization Code

Published on Fri May 24, 2024

Question: My provider made a small incision in the patient’s groin, over the femoral artery, and inserted an introducer sheath into the artery, followed by a guidewire. Under fluoroscopic guidance, they inserted a catheter over the guidewire and sequentially engaged the ostia in the coronary arteries. My provider injected contrast material into the arteries and performed angiograms in multiple views. The [...]
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