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Complex aortic and iliac stent graft procedures

Date: May 24, 2012

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Please do NOT include any actual patient medical records with your question. Would you be able review these codes and let me know if the case was coded correctly. Operation : Aortagam with pelvic runoff, occlusion of right internal iliac artery with Amplatzer plug, repir of left iliac aneurysm with branched iliac device, repair of infrarenal aorta with bifurcation stent graft (cook zenith) angioplasty and stent of left external iliac artery. Dx is aneurysms of infrarenal aorta and bilateral common iliac arteries. The cpt codes chosen are: 34803,34900,34825,34808,37221,36247-59,75952-26,75952-26/59,75953-26,76937-26,75937-26/59 Should you need copy of pt. case please let us know. Thanks, Renata
Question ID : 3833
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