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Wiki Cardiopulmonary Bypass CPT Code

We are having an internal battle on what codes you can use for a cardiopulmonary bypass that was done after a valve replacement. The patient was experiencing increased bleeding from the chest tubes with signs of cardiac tamponade so they were brought back to the OR. The two codes I came up with...
- noellenoble
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- Jan 19, 2021
- cardiac surgery cardio thoracic cardiopulmonary
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cardiovascular Thoracic
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Wiki Cpt for cardiopulmonary bypass support only

Does any one know if there is a CPT for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support only? One of my surgeons had to put a patient on Cardiopulmonary Bypass for another surgeon doing a Nephrectomy & I cannot for the life of me find a stand alone code. The only ones I have found are the add on codes for the...
- bdmason
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- Feb 15, 2016
- bypass cardiopulmonary cpt support surgeons
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cardiovascular Thoracic

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