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Identify Type of Arrhythmia to Choose Correct Ablation Code

Published on Thu Jan 27, 2022

Question: My cardiologist performed an ablation procedure during the same session as an electrophysiology (EP) study. I was looking through my CPT® code choices, and it looks like I need to read my cardiologist’s medical documentation carefully to identify the type of arrhythmia he was treating. Can you explain the differences between these procedure codes? Maine Subscriber Answer: When your [...]
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