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AVF with interposition graft

Date: Nov 28, 2022

Question:

I've seen quite a few cases where a basilic vein transposition or cephalic vein transposition AVF requires an interposition graft due to vein not being quite long enough. I tend to just report the main code 36818 or 36819 and not code for the interposition graft, but is that the right thing to do?

Question ID : 18083
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