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Beware Swan-Ganz Bundles

Published on Tue Dec 22, 2020

Question: Our surgeon performed a Swan-Ganz procedure, placed a central line through the same incision, and also placed an arterial line. How should we code these three procedures? Florida Subscriber Answer: Although you describe three procedures, you should report just two, in this case. Report the Swan-Ganz (93503, Insertion and placement of flow directed catheter (eg, Swan-Ganz) for monitoring purposes) [...]
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