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Fontan Stenting for Stenosis

Date: Sep 5, 2019

Question:

There is a similar question already asked by fellow subscribers about dilating a Fontan fenenstration, but I want to run the question by you... do you agree with unlisted code 93799 for stenting a Fontan for stenosis? This patient is in early 20s, and Fontan procedure was done year 2000. There is no fenestration in this patient's Fontan.

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