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C9604 x2, LAD stented via LIMA and SVG
Date: Feb 14, 2023
Question:
Patient's LAD distribution is subtended by TWO different grafts. Drug-eluting stent is placed in the distal 1st Diagonal via access thru the saphenous vein graft. Via separate approach, a DES is placed in the native mid-LAD via the left internal mammary artery graft (LIMA). May we code C9604-LD, C9604-LD-XS for these two interventions because the two grafts are completely separate from each other with separate ostia?
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