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Keyhole heart surgery

Date: November 1999

Definition:

Undergoing from medical necessity: minimally invasive surgery to replace an abdominal heart valve, or surgery (including minimally invasive and open heart surgery) to repair the heart wall damaged by coronary artery disease.

No change since July 1999

 

Date: July 1999

Definition:

Undergoing from medical necessity: minimally invasive surgery to replace an abdominal heart valve, or surgery (including minimally invasive and open heart surgery) to repair the heart wall damaged by coronary artery disease.

 

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