AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)
Medicine (December 2007)
December 2007 page 16 Bonus Feature:Medicine Question: May code 93623 be reported for an isoproterenol study postablation following a single catheter electrophysiologic study with induction of arrhythymia, ablation of supraventricular tachycardia, and postablation injection of isoproterenol? Answer: Although it is extremely unusual to record and pace from only one or two sites within the heart, there are still occasional circumstances for which singlecatheter studies for either recording and/or pacing might be undertaken. Because code 93623, Programmed stimulation and pacing after intravenous drug infusion (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), is reportable only in conjunction with 93619...
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