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Navigate When to Code Standard Echocardiograms vs. Congenital With These Tips

Published on Thu Jul 03, 2025

Hint: Don’t make your coding selection based on age alone. Echocardiography , also known as echo or echocardiogram, is a procedure that uses high-frequency ultrasound waves to create an image of the heart’s structures and function. The procedure may be used to detect irregularities, but coders need to know when to code for a standard echocardiogram versus a congenital echocardiogram. [...]
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