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Pipeline, 61624

Date: Aug 29, 2012

Question:

Should treatment of an intracranial aneursym with a flow diverter be coded as an intracranial embolization or a stent placement (61624/75894 or 61630)? The device seems to be considered an methof of embolization in some the literature I have found online about them but the device is a stent, correct?
Question ID : 4051
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