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Diagnostics at time of intervention

Date: Dec 23, 2010

Question:

Hello! We listened to your 2011 IVR Updates webinar last week and heard that we cannot code diagnostic angios if the patient has had a prior catheter based angiogram. Our question is since CTA, MRA and vascular ultrasound are not catheter based, we're assuming that we can code for diagnostic angios even after these procedures. Would this be correct?

Question ID : 2519
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