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AAA with Iliac Aneurysm Repair

Date: Oct 30, 2023

Question:

Patient presented with both AAA and iliac aneurysm. The physician placed an iliac branch endovascular graft in the internal and external iliac artery followed by an iliac extender graft. After this was deployed the physician started the AAA repair with a Gore main body with bilateral limbs. Would you code for the AAA 34705, iliac 34707, and 34709 since this was a completely separate repair from the AAA? If this repair had been performed with just an extension graft would you only use 34079?

Question ID : 19617
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