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Nephrolithotomy
Date: Jul 29, 2019
Question:
When an interventional radiologist places a nephroureteral catheter for nephrolithiasis and the urologist doesn't perform the nephrolithotomy procedure until a week or so later, does the interventional radiologist bill 50433 or 50437 in this case?
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