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Venous Angioplasty

Date: Feb 26, 2018

Question:

For venous studies that require angioplasty, does the doctor have to dictate the actual percentage of stenosis, or would "significant occlusion" or such suffice? If percentage is needed to code angioplasty, how much is needed?

Question ID : 10162
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