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IVUS -same vessel different times
Date: May 28, 2021
Question:
Is it appropriate to code IVUS (non-coronary) when the catheter remains in the aorta for diagnostic purposes prior to the endograft, and then again after one graft has been deployed, and then at the end after an additional graft is deployed and the procedure is complete? So this would be 37252 and 37253 (x2)?
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