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Carotid shortening during endarterectomy
Date: Jan 7, 2022
Question:
Can you bill a separate code for carotid shortening during an endarterectomy? The common carotid is being excised for the purposes of ICA straightening. My provider seems to think that you can bill code 35201 (repair blood vessel, direct: neck) along with the 35301.
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