AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)

Medicine (December 2007)

December 2007 page 16a Bonus Feature:Medicine Question: How would one report an angioplasty of the left ventricular (LV) branch of the coronary sinus prior to placement of a left ventricular lead? Answer: The percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the LV branch of the coronary sinus prior to placement of a LV lead is reportable only in the event the PTCA is performed in a vessel other than the destination of the LV pacing lead (ie, marginal branch of the coronary sinus). Insertion of a balloon catheter at deployment of a LV pacing lead through the coronary sinus is...

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