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Ipsilateral Venous Catheter Placement
Date: Oct 1, 2021
Question:
During a venogram of the lower extremity, the catheter placement went as far as the common femoral vein. This was an ipsilateral approach. Is the appropriate catheter placement code 36011 (first order) or 36005 (non-selective)?
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