A patient undergoes a left heart catheterization with catheter placement in the bypass graft, and the physicain performs a bypass graft angiography. Code this procedure:

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For coding purposes, when a left heart catheterization is performed with bypass graft angiography, the correct code to use is 93459. This code specifically includes the left heart catheterization along with the imaging of the bypass graft(s), making it the comprehensive code for this procedure. The other options list multiple codes or combinations that are not necessary when a single code fully describes the procedure performed.

A Patient Undergoes a Left Heart Catheterization with Catheter Placement