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Upper extremity vein harvest for aneurysm repair.

Date: Aug 30, 2023

Question:

Upper extremity vein harvest (35500) can only be used with bypass codes. So is the upper vein harvest included in an aneurysm repair such as 35141? Or is only the saphenous vein included and can we use 37799 for the upper vein harvest?

Question ID : 19347
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