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Code 34201

Date: Mar 27, 2013

Question:

My physician performed open cutdown of left common femoral artery and left over the wire popliteal thrombectomy. How do I code the over wire thrombectomy. Should I use code 34812 for cutdown and code 34203-22 for over wire thrombectomy? Please advise.

Question ID : 4478
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