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76937 and 37220 - 37235

Date: Jul 25, 2012

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I thought I had read before that 76937 can be used for revasc. Procedures (37220, etc…)  but since those codes are not listed as a primary procedure for 76937 (at least not that I saw), how do I get around that?  I checked Encoder and the 37XXX codes are not listed as appropriate primary procedures for 76937.  I have a case where the 76937 is documented but got a denial for being an add-on code.
Question ID : 4063
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