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Placement of thoracic spine marker in IR for surgery.

Date: Oct 17, 2022

Question:

Coding to be used in IR for placement of a surgical marker in the thoracic spine. Patient is bariatric and needs the marker to be placed in IR prior to surgery. What would be the correct coding for this procedure in IR? It will be a separate encounter from the surgical procedure.

Question ID : 17922
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