An interventional cardiologist deploys a bare metal stent within the LAD and performs angioplasty within both the LC coronary artery and the RCA. What codes do we report for a hospital setting?
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Can you specify the different groups that the stain codes are divided into?
We are imaging for sarcoidosis. Can you tell us which codes to report?
An interventional cardiologist performs a PTCA in the LAD followed by drug-eluting stent placement in the same vessel; subsequently, the physician next performs a PTCA in the RCA. How would we code for this scenario?
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