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Ipsilateral venous cath placement to IVC and back down
Date: Apr 30, 2021
Question:
Access site is left popliteal vein; cath was moved up into the IVC (75825) was performed. Cath moved back down in the left (ipsilateral) leg into the common femoral vein and extremity venogram (75820) performed. Is that cath placement 36012 because it made it to the IVC and now being moved back into smaller vessels? Or, is it 36010 IVC due to the access leg is considered non-selective but able to code the IVC and not 36005?
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