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Arterial/Venous Recanalization

Date: Jul 23, 2019

Question:

How would you suggest I bill recanalizations performed with multiple CTO wire without angioplasty? 1) Recanalization of the left iliac vein (successful). 2) Multiple attempts to recanalize the PDA to create AO-PA shunt (unsuccessful). Should we reporte unlisted code for both or 37248-53/37246-53?

Question ID : 12842
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