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Wiki Laser lead removal 33244

Thread starter averburg
Start date Jan 23, 2015

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Jan 23, 2015

The doctor went in to remove the chronic dual coil passive ICD lead, but it broke at the region of the proximal coil, so there was a retained fragment.

Can we bill 33244 for the removal of the lead, or is this wrong since there is still a fragment remaining?

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