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When a stent is placed in the subclavian, does this qualify as 33880 (involving subclavian)? Or, would this be 33881 and 37236?

"Bern catheter was removed over the Amplatz wire and the 38x100mm Terumo Relay thoracic aortic endograft was deployed antegrade in zone 2. Fenestration of the graft was created using #11 blade into the left subclavian artery dilated with a Sarot clamp and then Glidewire was inserted through the fenestration in the left subclavian artery and 11mmx39mm Gore VBX self or balloon expandable stent was deployed with 4mm of the stent jutting out of the fenestration made onto the thoracic aortic endograft. The mammary was 3.5cm away from the ostium. Next, a precurved 28mm Gelweave graft was then brought to the field, bevelled and sewn to the transverse arch in end-to-end configuration using a 3-0 Prolene suture in running continuous fashion. This anastomosis was reinforced circumferentially using multiple pledgeted 3-0 Prolene suture in a horizontal mattress fashion."