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Would this be reported with codes 33967 and 92941? "A BMW angioplasty guidewire was advanced into the LAD but would not cross the lesion. I placed a guide liner for additional support. A Choice PT wire was then used to cross the obstruction, and the lesion was dilated with a 2.5 mm balloon. I then deployed a 3.0 x 15 mm Xience drug-eluting stent. Repeat angiography was performed. During the follow-up imaging a small bubble was introduced into the circumflex, and the patient subsequently deteriorated rapidly. A code was called, and the patient was subsequently intubated and ACLS protocols initiated. I was able to exchange the sheath in the RFA for an 8 French balloon pump sheath and then placed a 40 cc intra-aortic balloon pump into the descending thoracic aorta."