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Venous and Arterial Lysis Same Day

Date: Jul 25, 2018

Question:

Patient is on day 3 of venous lysis treatment via popliteal vein access. Patient brought to lab, VENOUS lysis completed, and then patient is flipped and femoral artery access (same leg) is obtained. ARTERIAL lysis is now started, and then patient sent to room for 24 lysis. Question: can I code 37214 for venous completion AND 37211 for arterial, during the same procedure, with modifiers? Or do I only code 37211 and save the 37214 for when they're COMPLETELY finished with ALL lysis procedures?

Question ID : 11192
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