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Explantation of infected axillobifemoral bypass graft
Date: Sep 29, 2021
Question:
Would you code this as 35903 x 2 for the graft explant? Would you code anything for the interposition graft at the axillary artery?
"The graft was resected from both groins as well as the axillary site and sent for microbiology. The axillary artery at the site of the anastomosis was fairly inflamed and friable. I decided to perform a segmental resection and interposition graft using a cryo SFA graft 8 mm."
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