AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 Third Quarter

Correction - Bedside Evaluation of Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillator (AICD)

Note: As of October 1, 2004, use code 89.49, Automatic implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (AICD) check for a bedside check of an AICD or CRT-D. After receiving additional information from clinicians, the response provided in First Quarter, Coding Clinic 2002, page 9, has been reevaluated. Code 37.26, Cardiac electrophysiologic stimulation and recording studies, should not be assigned for a bedside evaluation of an implantable automatic cardioverter/defibrillator (AICD). The bedside check of the AICD device is not the same as a cardiac electrophysiologic stimulation and recording study which is performed on a patient's heart. The AICD test is performed on...

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