Please note this question was answered in 2018. The coding advice may or may not be outdated.
AVF angioplasty and Angiplasty of collateral Supraclavicular vein
Date: Mar 26, 2018
Question:
"The cephalic arch stenosis was treated with angioplasty using a standard balloon, size 8 x 8. The post intervention stenosis was 50%. The residual stenosis was treated with angioplasty using a standard balloon, size 9 x 4, resulting in less than 10% stenosis. Next, a 5 French berenstein catheter was used to advance the wire through the supraclavicular collateral vein. The stenosis in this collateral vein was treated with angioplasty using a standard balloon, size 8 x 8, resulting in less than 10% stenosis." Should we report codes 36902 and 37248?
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