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CPT Knowledgebase - Dec 7, 2021
A physician or other QHP placed a patent foramen ovale (PFO) device in an adult patient with systolic and diastolic heart failure to decompress the right atrial pressures. The patient experienced a complication and returned a week later to have the device percutaneously removed. How should the removal of a PFO implant be reported? Is it appropriate to report code 33741 for this procedure?
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