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EIA to CFA Endarterectomy with CIA Stent
Date: Dec 13, 2023
Question:
If the provider performs an endarterectomy of the external iliac artery to common femoral artery and places a stent in the common iliac artery, can we bill both codes 35355 and 37221? If so, does the documentation need to support two separate lesions to bill both, or can it be a contiguous lesion?
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