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Clarification of Catheter Placement

Date: Apr 16, 2020

Question:

If a diagnostic angiogram of bilateral lower extremities is performed with catheter placement in the distal aorta (36200 and 75716), then followed by a contralateral revascularization, do we get to keep the 36200 for the diagnostic angiogram?

Question ID : 13354
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