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Use if 36470 and 36478 on same truncal vein
Date: Dec 3, 2021
Question:
Occasionally one of our physicians will perform an injection of a compounded sclerosant to the distal GSV and do an endovenous laser ablation to the proximal portion of the same GSV on the same encounter. Should we report both codes 36470 and 36478?
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