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Cerebral angio

Date: Jan 15, 2020

Question:

Would it be possible to code diagnostic and catheter selection during the same study? Example: The doc knows that he is performing an embolization for a known aneurysm in the right internal carotid artery. Before he starts this, he says he is doing a left diagnostic angio (left carotid artery and left vertebral). So, would this be coded 36224/36226-LT and 36217 (for right internal) and 61624 for embo? Or would these qualify for all cath placements (36217/36216 x 2)?

Question ID : 13391
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