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Bilateral Primary Arterial Mechanical Thrombectomies

Date: Mar 29, 2018

Question:

How do you code bilateral femoral arterial primary mechanical thrombectomies when performed via the SAME access site? Would this be code 37184-50 (since two separate vascular families), or would it be considered 37184 and 37185 since performed via the SAME access site? The CPT Codebook seems to indicate in order to report this performed bilaterally there must be a separate access site. Can you please clarify if there must be separate access sites in order to report 37184-50 for a bilateral arterial mechanical thrombectomy via the SAME access site?

Question ID : 10477
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