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Direct US guided Thrombin injection with Dialysis Circuit procedure
Date: Oct 4, 2023
Question:
A right femoral PTFE graft was punctured, fistulagram and central angioplasty were performed due to a pseudoaneurysm along the right arterial limb and common iliac stenosis. A direct needle injection of thrombin under US guidance into the pseudoaneurysm sac was performed. Can this be coded as 36909 or 36002/76942 with modifiers?
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