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Angioplasty performed for access

Date: Apr 15, 2019

Question:

The patient is brought to the cath lab for possible SMA ischemia, and the MD performed angioplasty at the access site prior to the diagnostic study. He documented, "Severe right external iliac stenosis (90%) requiring POBA with a 7 x 2 balloon to access the aorta." Would you bill for the angioplasty?

Question ID : 12336
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