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Intraoperative Aortic Rupture Repair

Date: Aug 24, 2023

Question:

My surgeon was called emergently to the OR during another procedure due to a rupture of the paravisceral aorta. He ultimately placed an Endurant II aortic extension cuff in the distal thoracic aorta to the paravisceral aorta to cover the celiac artery down to proximal to the SMA. Since this is the abdominal aorta I would like to use code 34702. However, the description states "repair of infrarenal aorta". What would you code in this situation?

Question ID : 19293
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