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Date: Feb 18, 2010

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What kind of documentation would we see to support medical necessity for angiograms (75716 and 75710) on the same day as an intervention? Can you please help to clarify??? THANKS!!! We have seen your previous notes specifying that the bottom line is medical necessity. And the CCI edit says documentation must support medical necessity...."to further define anatomy and pathology." Can you give some examples of what things would support medical necessity? i.e. worsening claudication i.e. abnormal ABI or doppler.
 

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