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Coding a Discontinued Ablation: What You Should Report — And What You Shouldn’t

Published on Fri May 01, 2026

When the electrophysiologist stops an ablation mid-procedure, look to these modifiers. Catheter ablation procedures are common in electrophysiology (EP) labs, but not every attempted ablation is completed. Sometimes the physician begins a planned ablation and determines the patient needs a different intervention instead — such as an atrioventricular (AV) nodal ablation combined with a dual-chamber pacemaker (PPM) upgrade. When this [...]
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