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Attempted angioplasty

Date: Sep 13, 2010

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Question: Our physician completed a femoral angiography with an attempted PTA of the SFA. The physician made several attempts to pass several different wires. The physician also tried to pass a frontrunner catheter (a catheter used for total occlusions) but was not able to pass the lesion. No balloon was used. The patient was on the table for about an hour. Can we bill 35474 with modifier 74? Michelle Moreno,RHIT,RCC Scottsdale Healthcare

Question ID : 2337
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