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Interventional Radiology:

Follow These 3 Tips to Strengthen Your Coding For Radiological Supervision In Cardiac Catheterization

Correct documentation solves your high/low aortography challenges. When reporting radiological supervision for cardiac catheterization and angiography, you should be very specific for each step that your physician performs during the procedure. Look for clues in documentation to support that your physician performed a left heart catheterization (LHC), i.e. LVEDP (left ventricular end diastolic pressures), left ventricle (LV) pressures, or an [...]
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