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Aborted Neurointervention Vasospasm

Date: Jul 29, 2022

Question:

I work on the hospital side, and we have a situation that I need some advice on. Patient was brought to the IR suite for anticipated endovascular treatment of moderate to severe vasospasm. Patient came to the lab intubated and when the patient was placed flat his intracranial pressure rose. Anesthesia was started, and despite two hours of trying to stabilize the patient the procedure was aborted. I'm not sure what I can realistically procedure code here. I thought of coding 61650-74 but that seems too much.

Question ID : 17580
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