Please note this question was answered in 2020. The coding advice may or may not be outdated.
Mechanical thrombectomy in two intracranial arteries
Date: Aug 13, 2020
Question:
I have a provider that is documenting mechanical thrombectomy in both the right ICA and right MCA. Would you code 61645 x 2 or 61645 -22? This one is throwing us off since it is the same vascular family, so we're not sure how to code this properly.
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