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Could code 37243 be billed with the note below? Our doctor wants to bill code 37243, and I do not see where an embolization is documented, and I don't believe code 37243 should be billed. Could you advise? "Simmons 1 glide catheter was formed over the aortic bifurcation and advanced into the proximal superior mesenteric artery. Arteriography was performed to confirm position. A microcatheter was then advanced into the right hepatic artery. From that position, a subselective right hepatic arteriogram was performed. With the microcatheter in the appropriate right hepatic position, 5.5 mCi technetium MAA was slowly infused from this point. When the infusion was complete, the catheter was removed, hemostasis obtained, and the patient transferred to the nuclear medicine department for liver lung shunt imaging."