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AV fistula excision with blood vessel repair

Date: Jul 18, 2022

Question:

Do we need to bill arterial repair with saphenous vein patch separately after excision of AV fistula (infected graft-35903)? I have seen some Q&A where you recommend to code repair separately, but per NCCI edit blood vessel repair is bundled with 35903. Could you please clarify at what scenarios do we need to bill repair code separately with 35903?

Question ID : 17472
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