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How would you code a central venogram?
Question:
"Patient was scheduled for a CRT-D implant. A pocket sized for the device was formed. A guidewire was placed and advanced into the central vascular was attempted. The guidewire only advanced into a tortuous posterior vein identified as a large azygos. A central venogram was performed, which demonstrated an occluded SVC thought to be secondary to mass effect from the pectus excavatum. Due to complicated vasculature and narrowed SVC, the leads and CRT-D placement was aborted."
Since there is not a code for pocket creation, it appears the central venogram would be the only thing we could code for this procedure. What code would be used for a central venogram?
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