Case Studies—Cardiovascular System Operative Reports
Operative Note
Abstract from Documentation:
a.What is the coding selection for a permanent pacemaker?
b. What documentation determines the correct code selection?
c. Time to Code:
a.Review of the index reveals the selection as 33206–33208.
b. If insertion is in the atrium, ventricle, or both. In this case it is both.
c. Index:
Insertion, Pacemaker Heart
Code(s):
33208 Insertion, atrial and ventricular
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