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Revision of external iliac to popliteal dacron graft thrombectomy.

Date: Sep 5, 2019

Question:

Patient has an external iliac to popliteal graft using Dacron. Procedure includes Fogarty catheter thrombectomies and multiple graftotomies. The only revision synthetic bypass graft code I'm finding is 35883 for a femoral anastomosis. This patient does not have a femoral anastomosis. Another option 35875/35876 is for arterial or venous graft, which doesn't apply to this patient. What code would I use for an iliac Dacron graft thrombectomy?

Question ID : 12931
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