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At times I struggle with the documentation needs for a diagnostic exam prior to an intervention when a prior study was done. This patient had an MR angio runoff done one month prior to the insertion of stent in this common iliac artery. At the stent insertion the provider states, "Pelvic arteriogram was performed to better characterize the findings on the MR dated 8/29/18 and aid in operative planning." Would this be enough to re-charge the angiography portion of at the intervention? Of note the MRA dictation did not mention anything not being well visualized.