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Successful Cornery Angioplasty

Date: Dec 15, 2020

Question:

Cardiac catheterization: If a balloon was inflated three times at a high pressure inflation and ruptured all three times, does this qualify as a successful balloon angioplasty or does it require a -52/-53 modifier?

Question ID : 14747
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