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Open thrombectomy during a CABG

Date: Mar 15, 2021

Question:

My surgeon did an open thrombectomy of the ramus during CABG. Nothing that I read during my research suggested that it is global to the CABG. Is that correct? Did I miss seeing the code? Do I use an unlisted code (33999)?

Question ID : 15173
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