AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1988 Fourth Quarter

Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization with Left Ventriculogram and Coronary Angiogram, Judkin's Technique

In the May-June 1987 issue of Coding Clinic, page 11, there is a statement that two codes are necessary to identify a diagnostic cardiac catheterization followed by a coronary angiogram. The question now asked is how many codes are assigned if a diagnostic cardiac catheterization with a left ventriculogram and a coronary angiogram using Judkin's technique were performed? The answer is three codes: diagnostic cardiac catheterization, left ventriculogram, and coronary angiogram. A diagnostic cardiac catheterization involving the left heart with recording of pressures as well as recording of left ventricular function curves is coded 37.22, Left heart cardiac...

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