STB CICU Collection Guide: Difference between revisions
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== Special Situations == | == Special Situations == | ||
*TEVAR Thoracic Endovascular aortic repair. I use the appropriate aneurysm repair code and then code peripheral angiogram to indicate this was done in the angio suite percutaneously and not in the OR through a sternotomy. | *TEVAR Thoracic Endovascular aortic repair. I use the appropriate aneurysm repair code and then code peripheral angiogram to indicate this was done in the angio suite percutaneously and not in the OR through a sternotomy. | ||
still code as coming from OR. | |||
**TAVI Transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Minimally invasive, done through large vessel or small incision in chest. I code AVR then either peripheral angiogram or thoracotomy depending which approach they use. | |||
==Other STB ICU collection guide info STB CCU Collection Guide== | ==Other STB ICU collection guide info STB CCU Collection Guide== | ||