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AAA Endograft with Iliac Stent

Date: Feb 12, 2014

Question:

When an iliac stent (37221) is coded outside the treatment zone when doing a AAA endograft (34802), is the catheter (36200) and open cutdown (34812) bundled on that side? My final codes are (not adding my co-surgeon modifier): 34802, 34812-59 (no bilateral modifier due to one side is bundled), 37221-59, 36200-59 (no bilateral modifier due to one side is bundled), and 75952. I am getting contradicting answers from the resources I have.

Question ID : 5380
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