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If fluoroscopic guidance is used during the What are the three sections of the CPT manual
insertion of a pacemaker, it is bundled with the that you use to code many cardiovascular
primary procedure and cannot be reported services? - ANSWER -Surgery, Radiology,
separately. - ANSWER -True Medicine
PTCA is an acronym for Percutaneous Which item is NOT considered to be bundled in
Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty. - with a vascular injection? - ANSWER -
ANSWER -True contrast media
The epicardial approach involves accessing a An example of a noninvasive cardiology
vein and inserting a needle with a wire into the procedure/service is: - ANSWER -
vein. - ANSWER -False cardiovascular stress test
To correctly report coronary bypass grafts, you ____ cardiology is entering the body to make a
must know the anatomical site from which the correction or for examination. - ANSWER -
vessel being grafted came. - ANSWER - Invasive
True
Supervision and interpretation codes for
When coding a change of battery in a angiography are located where in the CPT
pacemaker, both the removal and the re- manual? - ANSWER -Radiology section
implantation are coded. - ANSWER -True
Placement of a dual-chamber pacemaker.
The device that can be inserted into the body to
electrically shock the heart into regular rhythm. - Using a standard technique, the left
ANSWER -implantable defibrillator infraclavicular subcutaneous pacemaker pocket
was created with sharp and blunt dissection. The
2 j-tipped guidewires were advanced through a
The major division of the Cardiovascular left subclavian vein using standard left subclavian
subsection is by how a procedure involved a venotomy under fluoroscopic guidance. The peel-
____ vessel. - ANSWER -coronary or away sheaths and introducers were advanced
noncoronary over the guidewires, and the guidewires were
removed. The pacemaker leads were advanced
under fluoroscopic guidance into the right
The number of postoperative days usually ventricular apex and right atrial appendage. The
assigned for the global period following pacemaker leads were seen to function
implantation of a pacemaker is: - adequately in vivo and were sutured in place with
ANSWER -90 0 silk. The leads were connected to the pulse
generator, which was delivered into the wound in
the usual fashion; 2-0 Vicryl suture was used to
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