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AV shunt arm venoplasty

Date: Mar 21, 2012

Question:

In arteriovenous shunt interventions, can you code the S&I codes for an intervention multiple times in a single zone even though the surgery code can only be coded once? For example, if you angioplasty two different veins in the same upper extremity peripheral zone, can you code them as 35476, 75978, and 75978-59? My understanding is that you would only code 35476 and 75978. A vendor has been telling coders they can code the S&I multiple times so I want to check with you. Thank you in advance for your help.
Question ID : 3567
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