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36221 vs 36200/75605-26

Date: Apr 14, 2021

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How should this be coded? "In the cath lab a physician places a catheter in the aortic arch from a right femoral artery puncture to perform an angiography. Fluoroscopic imaging is performed by the physician." Should this be coded as 36221 or 36200/75605-26? Should there be documentation of "non-selective angiography extracranial carotid and/or cerebral vessels and cervicocerebral arch" to report code 36221?

Question ID : 15356
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