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Selective portal venogram via hepatic vein - 36011 w/ 36481?

Date: Mar 30, 2023

Question:

If they access the jugular vein, select the right hepatic vein, don't do anything, and further select a portal vein collateral and do a venogram, do we report codes 36011, 36481, and 75887? Or is code 36011 bundled?

Question ID : 18553
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