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Cardiology Coding:

Find Codes for This NSTEMI

Published on Thu Oct 09, 2025

Question: A patient presents to the emergency department with chest pain pressure and shortness of breath as well as tingling down the left arm. The provider orders an electrocardiogram (EKG), which shows in non-ST elevations. The cardiologist is called in and the decision is made to take the patient emergently to the operating room (OR) for a complete left heart [...]
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