Jim Pawloski
True Blue
How would you code this scenario?
Patient brought in the cath lab for a heart catheterization, ordered as a left heart cath. Patient is placed in the exam table and prepped and draped. 10 cc of lidocaine injected over the right femoral artery. Moderate sedation was given. Patient develops shortness of breath and cannot lay flat. Procedure cancelled.
Thanks,
Jim Pawloski, CIRCC
Patient brought in the cath lab for a heart catheterization, ordered as a left heart cath. Patient is placed in the exam table and prepped and draped. 10 cc of lidocaine injected over the right femoral artery. Moderate sedation was given. Patient develops shortness of breath and cannot lay flat. Procedure cancelled.
Thanks,
Jim Pawloski, CIRCC