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36907 for chronic occlusion

Date: Oct 18, 2021

Question:

Patient is ESRD and on HD. Right upper extremity AV graft with swollen arm. Patient had chronic occlusion in the right innominate (central segment) vein stent. Surgeon preformed balloon angioplasty of the stent without a hemodynamically significant residual stenosis. Can I still assign 36907 for it, and chronic occlusion is considered as stenosis?

Question ID : 16087
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