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Coronary IVL lithotripsy stent and atherectomy
Date: Aug 25, 2021
Question:
For hospital reporting: procedure was atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy with drug-eluting stent to the proximal circumflex. We are getting an edit that C1761 (lithotripsy balloon device) cannot be reported with C9602. The atherectomy of the circumflex was performed prior to the lithotripsy. Would this not be correct?
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