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Title: Intervention of Transplant Renal Artery with 2nd Access

Date: Sep 10, 2018

Question:

Case where a patient had a transplant kidney off of the right iliac system. Initial access of RLE provides angiography of iliac and renal artery, but due to the angle of renal artery a contralateral approach was then utilized for the intervention. Stent was placed in the renal artery from the second access. Would you use the standard renal artery codes for the transplanted kidney, and would you code for a separate access?

Question ID : 11402
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