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I'm not sure how to code this. Is this an unlisted code for bypass? Does the obturator portion have its own code, or is that included in procedure? "An oblique incision was made in the right lower quadrant and deepened through the subcutaneous tissue. The fascia was divided and the anterior sheath out laterally. After this was performed, the transversalis muscle was divided. Access was then gained to the retroperitoneal space here, and the Omni retractor was inserted. The bowel contents were retracted to the midline without entering the abdominal cavity. The common iliac artery on the right side was isolated with vessel loops, just after the origin from the aorta. The external iliac artery was diseased, although it did have a pulse in it. The obturator canal was then dissected out, and then a medial incision was made in the thigh distal to the groin and deepened down to the sartorius. Once this was performed, the dissection continued superiorly from here, and then a clamp was passed from the groin incision through the obturator canal into the abdomen under direct..."