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TIPS with IVUS Guidance

Date: Sep 23, 2020

Question:

When performing a TIPS with intravascular ultrasound guidance via a transfemoral approach, can you also code for IVUS at the time of TIPS? Or is the IVUS code considered to be bundled within the TIPS code? If the code is not bundled, then do you have to have an ultrasound image stored to PACS to be able to bill for the IVUS?

Question ID : 14492
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