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Excision 35903 vs. Revision 35883

Date: Nov 7, 2018

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Patient had a right fem-TP trunk PTFE bypass graft that was infected. Less than 30 days from the original graft, the surgeon went in and performed a partial explantation of the graft and then created a femoral to peroneal bypass using cryopreserved vein, attaching it to the end of the previous PTFE graft. Would this be coded as an excision of infected graft with a new graft creation (35903/35666), or would this be coded as a revision (35883)?

Question ID : 11649
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