Repair of Previously Placed Bypass Graft
Question:
Would this be 35226 or 37799, or would it be something else entirely since technically its repair of a previously placed right common iliac to right external iliac bypass graft?
Approximately 3 mm x 4 mm defect in the proximal 3rd of the bypass graft in the posterior lateral aspect. After debriding the friable portion of the artery, there was too large of a defect for immediate primary closure and so after mobilization of the bypass graft and trimming of the edges of the artery for more sustainable tissue, we performed a end-to-end anastomosis of the existing bypass graft in a primary fashion.
“I did not feel comfortable repairing this without additional exposure and mobilization, so then I transected the artery to obtain a circumferential evaluation of the artery, CryoArtery. After additional debridement I felt comfortable reattaching each end in end-to-end fashion with 5-0 Prolene suture in simple interrupted fashion in its entirety.”
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