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Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Thrombolysis

Date: Sep 5, 2019

Question:

Our physicians are performing left and right pulmonary artery thrombolysis using two EKOS catheters, but using only a single access site. Must they use two different access sites (sheaths) to apply the bilateral modifier -50? Or since two catheters were used, one for the left and one for the right, is it appropriate to use the -50 modifier?

Question ID : 12966
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