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Report Counseling for TAVR After BAV Like This

Published on Thu Aug 14, 2025

Question: One of our cardiologists performed a balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) to temporarily relieve stenosis while the patient was being medically optimized for a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the near future. The BAV has a 90-day global period, but the provider is seeing the patient in the office during that time to evaluate and counsel for the upcoming TAVR. Can we bill [...]
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