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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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