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Can you code 61645 and 76377 together?

Date: Sep 12, 2022

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I came across a scenario where a patient came in with a stroke and was emergently taken to the OR for the thrombectomy. The carotid angiogram was done to locate the location. Aspiration thrombectomy was then performed, but perfusion was not achieved. A second angiogram was done with a 3D rendering on a separate workstation, then aspiration thrombectomy was again attempted. I am not running into any NCCI edits or other edits with the two codes, but I cannot find any further guidance on coding 61645 and 76377 together. Can you please advise on the coding for this scenario?

Question ID : 17799
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