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SFA to BK Pop Gortex bypass graft with GSV Taylor Patch
Date: May 26, 2021
Question:
Patient was undergoing a fem-pop bypass with a 6 mm Gore-Tex graft. Following completion of the proximal anastomosis, the physician went down to the below-knee popliteal space and took the GSV and sewed it on as a patch, then made an arteriotomy in the vein patch and sewed the distal end of the Gore-Tex to the vein patch. Is this still coded using 35656, or would there be a different or additional code added for the vein patch?
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