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Lower extremity revascularization

Date: Aug 6, 2018

Question:

I know that you can code for a separate catheter placement when a catheter is inserted via a different access or a higher degree of selectivity. For the higher degree exception, does the catheter have to be on the contralateral leg? For example: If the doc performs angioplasty on the SFA/POP and then moves the catheter to the anterior tib for thrombolysis (ipsilateral), would this be 37224/37211? Would the catheter be considered higher degree (36247) since he went further down then the angioplasty?

Question ID : 11255
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