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Date: Sep 30, 2010

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A patient presents following EVAR for a AAA with a type II endoleak. There is one aneurysm sac but two embolizations were performed. One was from access via the inferior mesenteric artery and the other was from access from the fourth lumbar artery. My question is would you consider this 2 operative fields for the embolization (charge 37204 x 2 and 75894-26 x 2)? Please let me know if you need additional information on this one. Thank you so much for your expertise. Jane Schappell, CPC, CCC (jschappell@ppamail.com)

Question ID : 2292
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