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Can code 37211 be reported twice if done in two separate areas on the same day at different times?

1. Left lower extremity angiography. 2. Ultrasound-guided right common femoral artery access. 3. Selective left external iliac artery catheterization and angiography. 4. Superselective peroneal artery catheterization and angiography. 5. Superselective posterior tibial artery catheterization and angiography. 6. Initiation of catheter-directed thrombolysis of the arterial embolus involving the popliteal artery, tibioperoneal trunk, and trifurcation.

1. Ultrasound-guided right internal jugular vein access x2 2. Selective main pulmonary artery catheterization with PA pressure measurement 3. Bilateral superselective lower lobe pulmonary artery catheterization, angiography, with placement of bilateral thrombolysis catheters 4. Initiation of catheter directed thrombolysis bilaterally with tPA.