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Brachial artery access with percutaneous procedure of AVF/AVG

Date: Dec 19, 2018

Question:

When access is made in the brachial artery (remote access) with subsequent procedure performed in the AVF/AVG such as a (PTA/stent/percutaneous thrombectomy), would it be correct to report code 36140 for the brachial artery access along with either 36902-52 for a PTA, 36903-52 for a stent, or 36904-52 for percutaneous thrombectomy?

Question ID : 11732
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