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Vein harvest not used for 33535 CABG w/35600 artery harvest

Date: Oct 15, 2018

Question:

Per documentation: "The vein quality acceptable: 3/4 on quality scale. We ended not needing the vein given the arterial grafts used." Can codes 35500 and 33508 still be billed?

Question ID : 11550
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