AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 5 (May)
Medicine: Cardiovascular (Q&A) (May 2012)
May 2012 page 15a Medicine: Cardiovascular Question: May the ablation code to create heart block (93650) be reported with any other ablation code (93651 or 93652) during the same encounter? Answer: While an infrequent circumstance, if ablation is undertaken to cause complete heart block, code 93650, Intracardiac catheter ablation of atrioventricular node function, atrioventricular conduction for creation of complete heart block, with or without temporary pacemaker placement, may be reported in addition to code 93652, Intracardiac catheter ablation of arrhythmogenic focus; for treatment of ventricular tachycardia, to describe catheter ablation undertaken for treatment of ventricular tachycardia. Modifier 59, Distinct...
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