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Can 37215 be coded more than once ipsalaterally?

Date: Jan 11, 2018

Question:

MD placed a stent in the right common carotid with EPD, then performed angioplasty and placed two more overlapping stents all the way to the distal cervical right ICA. Patient had "near occlusive stenosis". All three stents overlap each other, so we are inclined to report code 37215 once, but I wanted to verify that we aren't missing any codes. EPD was used in all three stent placements.

Question ID : 10368
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