Ask Dr. Z

Ask Dr. Z Knowledge Base houses over 7,500 coding questions and answers dating back to 2013.

Ask Dr. Z Disclaimer

Please note this question was answered in 2019. The coding advice may or may not be outdated.

Partial Removal of AVG

Date: Oct 11, 2019

Question:

Patient has an infected AVG. This required a partial explantation of the medial limb of the graft. Are we allowed to bill 35903 with or without a modifier for the first partial removal since the entire graft was not removed? The patient returned two weeks later, and the remainder of the AVG was removed.

Question ID : 13136
Sign up for a membership to view the answer to this question.

Need to ask Dr.Z?

Don't see the answer you're looking for in the knowledge base? No problem. You can ask Dr. Z directly!
Ask Dr. Z a question now!