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Bilateral Femoral Access 75710 or 75716

Date: Oct 17, 2023

Question:

I'm not a vascular coder so I need some help. Doc intended to do a coronary PCI but pre-op angio demonstrated extensive femoral disease and cath was not able to be advanced, so doc did diagnostic angio in the femorals. He accessed the right femoral and shot vessels, then accessed the left femoral and shot the vessels. For some reason I'm thinking 75716 would be used if the dye was shot above the aortic bifurcation. So, since doc assessed the right and left separately, we should use 75710 x2. Yes? No?

Question ID : 19539
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