AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 6 (June)

Coding Cardiac Event Recording and Monitoring (June 1996)

June 1996 pages 1-4 Coding Cardiac Event Recording and Monitoring There are many things in our day-to-day life that can make our hearts beat erratically. For instance, if you miss your bus, get called into your supervisor's office, or meet someone very special, these things could cause your heart beat erratically. However, these occurrences aside, symptoms of palpitations, tachycardia, near loss of consciousness (near-syncope), and syncope are often related to changes in heart rate or heart rhythm. In the past, prolonged recording of electrocardiograms using Holter monitors was used to diagnose the cause of these symptoms. However, such recordings...

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