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Ligation of Basilic Vein

Date: Jun 23, 2020

Question:

My doctors have started performing percutaneous AV fistula creations with the new Ellipsys device. The patient was brought back a month later after this creation, and a percutaneous angioplasty was performed of the fistula for stenosis, but in addition to this they did ligation of the basilica vein to increase the flow. Can I bill 37606, or do you advise revision 36832 with the angioplasty 36902?

Question ID : 14064
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