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What pulmonary arteries are considered 36015

Date: Aug 22, 2022

Question:

In a previous question, you responded that anything beyond the right or left pulmonary artery would be considered segmental/subsegmental, and therefore, 36015 should be used. Do you consider the right and left interlober arteries to be "beyond" the right and left pulmonary arteries?

My physicians frequently perform Flowtriever thrombectomies from the bilateral interlober arteries, and it's causing some confusion if we should use 36014 or 36015.

Question ID : 17660
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