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If I remember correctly from a seminar it was indicated that if a patient is brought to IR for an embolization for hemorrhage that we are not able to bill for a diagnostic angiogram. Is this correct? Example would be a GI bleed. Patient has had CT angio or endoscopy for diagnosis. Patient is referred to IR for possible embolization. The angiography was performed in multiple arteries to locate the site of hemorrhage with subsequent embolization. Are there any instances that it would be appropriate to charge for both imaging and embolization at the same episode?