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Atherectomy and thrombectomy in same vessel
Date: Nov 17, 2011
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Hello Dr. Z. I would like to kow your thoughts on coding for the JETSTREAM CATHETER. I see a lot of reports that are reporting atherectomy done in blades up position, and thrombectomy performed with blades down position. My thoughts were that only one code would be used for a specific vessel. What would appropriate documentation be in order to code for both in a SFA for instance? thank you as always for your guidance. Brenda B.
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