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PROCEDURES:
- Left heart catheterization.
- Left ventricular angiography.
- Bilateral selective coronary artery angiography.
- Coronary artery bypass graft angiography x3.
- Coronary artery disease.
INDICATIONS:
Prop for tricuspid valve surgery.
Correct CPT and ICD-10 Codes with modifiers and units:
93459 (26 modifier) – Catheter placement in coronary artery(s) for coronary angiography, including intraprocedural injection(s) for coronary angiography, imaging supervision and interpretation; with left heart catheterization including intraprocedural injection(s) for left ventriculography, when performed, catheter placement(s) in bypass graft(s) (internal mammary, free arterial, venous grafts) with bypass graft angiography
I25.10 – Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery without angina pectoris
I25.82 – Chronic total occlusion of coronary artery
I07.1 – Rheumatic tricuspid insufficiency