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How Do You Code When PVI Is Performed 2nd?

Published on Thu Oct 10, 2013

Question: How should I code if during an encounter the physician performs CTI ablation for atrial flutter before performing planned PVI for atrial fibrillation?

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Answer: In the July 2013 CPT® Assistant, the AMA states that the chronological order of the ablations does NOT determine coding: “The primary arrhythmia is the clinical arrhythmia that the [...]
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