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High Grade Stenosis Adjacent to the Arterial Anastomosis

Date: Feb 19, 2014

Question:

I have a physician dictating angioplasty of a high grade stenosis of the fistula adjacent to the arterial anastomosis. He does not state that he's actually doing the plasty of the arterial anastomosis, just the high grade stenosis adjacent to it. For the angioplasy of the arterial anastomosis (35475), I need the doctor to state that is what was plastied as opposed to a stenosis proximal to the arterial anastomosis or adjacent as this one is dictated... am I correct?

Question ID : 5434
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