CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 17, 2017

A patient is either suffering from or at risk for an abnormal heart rhythm. Prior to any invasive procedure, the physician views an electroanatomical map of the patients heart rhythm, which is achieved by placing on the patient a multi-electrode vest that records the patients heart rhythm non-invasively and storing the information on an independent workstation. A computed tomography (CT) scan is also acquired while the patient is wearing the vest and that information is imported into the workstation to define the cardiac anatomy and vest electrode locations. The vest signals combine with the CT information in the workstation to create and display a three-dimensional electro-anatomical map of the patients heart rhythm. The physician analyzes the three-dimensional mapping information to generate a patient-care plan or ablation strategy tailored to that patient. What is the appropriate code to report for this noninvasive mapping procedure on the independent work station?

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