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Cervical carotid angioplasty with intracranial thrombectomy

Date: Sep 18, 2020

Question:

If a cervical carotid stenosis is treated with angioplasty (Medicare) (37246-GZ), and an ipsilateral MCA is treated with thrombectomy (61645), are these okay to bill together, with -XS on 61645 per NCCI edits? I am finding that 61645 bundles intracranial angioplasty but not finding anything for cervical carotid. 

Question ID : 14464
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