Describe how you will apply that coding guideline

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1. Explain one (1) thing you learned from the coding guidelines for Pacemaker or Implantable Defibrillator services preceding the codes (33202-33275) in the Cardiovascular System subsection of the CPT manual. I learned that the battery for the pacemaker is coded differently when replaced. it is it's own service.

2. In your own words, summarize what you think that coding guideline (from question 1) is instructing the coder to do when assigning codes for those types of services. You assign the battery change as its own service.

3. Describe how you will apply that coding guideline (from question 1) when assigning codes for those types of services. I would use the CPT code book to look up the correct service for the battery change and code for that.

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1. Discuss with a classmate one (1) set of coding guidelines from the Cardiovascular System subsection of the CPT manual that you found difficult to understand. Explain.

2. Explain how you interpreted one (1) specific coding guideline and used it to apply a code this week.

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