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"Patient had a typical aortic-bi-iliac endograft placed (34705) and then angiogram showed Type 1 endoleak. Then six EndoAnchors were deployed ( 34712). Repeat angio still showed Type I endoleak. At this point, he marked the renal artery and deployed a 34 x 34 x 52 cuff creating them 2 to 3 mm above the prior graft and deployed the top cap with the suprarenal stents. Repeat angio showed partial encroachement on the left renal artery. This was stented with 7 mm x 27 mm balloon-expandable stent." (Are these two procedures coded with 34709 for cuff and 37236 for renal stent?)