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Question Transthoracic Echo after a heart transplant- how to code this?

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I'm sorry if this is not the correct forum for this but I have a patient who had a congenital cardiac defect who had a heart transplant. So, I know that a TTE (93303) is for congenital defects and a TTE/3D (93306) is for acquired heart defects. My judgement in this case is that before the heart transplant, any echo that was done would be coded with 93303 but after the heart transplant, we need to use 93306 for any TTE that is done. Can someone tell me if my reasoning is correct or if I'm way off base? I've searched the forums for a similar question but no combination of words I used to search would turn up any previously posted questions.
I appreciate any help with this that anyone can give. Thank you!
 
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