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aortic aneurysm repair with multipel extenders

Date: Aug 3, 2011

Question:

We had an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair case in which the MD used a main body (trunk with ipsilateral leg endoprosthesis; W.L. Gore) and placed one iliac extender, two contralateral leg extenders, two aortic extenders and one iliac extender.

My question is how many times can we use the code 34826?

We coded 36200x2, 34802, 75952, 34825, 75953, 34826x2 and 75953x2.

Please advise. Thank you!
 

Question ID : 3159
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