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35371, 37221 and 34201

Date: May 5, 2021

Question:

Would codes 35371, 37221, and 34201 be appropriate to use? I do not think 35371 is billable.

"Vertical incision left CFA exposed opened femoral Fogarty balloon multiple passes through iliac thrombus removed pulse restored femoral opened back wall was mended w/ multiple stay sutures decision made to perform patch angioplasty bovine pericardial patch sewn end to side, prior to completion of anastomosis vessels backbleed poor backbleed from left SFA Fogarty catheter passed down SFA return of small chronic thrombus after this backbleeding excellent, angio left iliac residual thrombus distal portion CIA stenosis distal to stent in EIA selected stent advanced to level of mural thrombus deployed w/o difficulty attention turned distally a VBX balloon expandable endoprosthesis deployed w/o difficulty angio reveals excellent flow patch angioplasty completed."

Question ID : 15431
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