CPT Knowledgebase - Jan 27, 2014

May code 39010, Mediastinotomy with exploration, drainage, removal of foreign body, or biopsy; transthoracic approach, including either transthoracic or median sternotomy, be reported as a separate procedure from code 33366, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement [TAVR.TAVI] with prosthetic valve; transapical exposure [eg, left thoracotomy])?

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