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35201

Date: Jun 26, 2012

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Please do NOT include any actual patient medical records with your question. Can you please clarify your Q&A 3525? Code 35141 does not fall into the range referred to in the answer. Can 35141 be reported for direct repair of pseudoaneurysm without insertion of graft? Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Question: Greetings, Pt. has fem-peroneal bypass graft with spliced saphenous vein originating from the hood of aortobifemoral graft. At the hood connection of the vein a pseudoaneurysm develops. Pt taken back to the OR for repair. After draining partially thrombosed pseudoaneurysm he sutures the hole in the hood would you code this as 35141 or repair of a blood vessel Thanks, LW Answer: The note just prior to code 35001 states “For direct repairs associated with occlusive disease only, see 35201-35286”. Since this is a pseudoaneurysm I would not use the repair codes but stay with the aneurysm codes. Thanks, Dr. D
Question ID : 3798
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