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Please advise on how to code this. Our surgeon did an open pulmonary vein dilatation using right angle.

"A right angle was passed into each of these left pulmonary veins. The left upper pulmonary vein did not reveal a tremendous amount of venous return. The left lower pulmonary vein on multiple dilatations with a right angle did appear to allow an increase in effluent into the left atrium. This was acceptable. The right atrium was then closed in two layers, and the patient was then placed back on cardiopulmonary bypass and rewarmed to 35 degrees Celsius."