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balloon in main artery then stent in it's branch

Date: Aug 13, 2018

Question:

I'm confused on how to code when the left anterior descending artery is treated with a balloon angioplasty and then the branch of the LAD receives a stent. Is this coded as 92920-LD and then 92928-LD?

Question ID : 11285
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