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Balloon tamponade to common femoral

Date: Sep 5, 2019

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"A patient had Impella removed, which created a hemorrhage. The patient was brought back emergently to the lab. Access was obtained, and the physician went directly to the hemorrhage and performed balloon tamponade for 5 minutes and then another 3 minutes. Angiogram was then performed and homeostasis was achieved." Do you recommend using 37246? Then, same physician, same day, different patient. Planned insert/removal of VAD in the same session. Physician did prophylactic balloon tamponade with removal of VAD. Is this balloon tamponade included with the removal?

Question ID : 12935
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