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A question has come up about vasospasm treatment. Is vasospasm treatment always billable? For example, if the physician documents that there was a mechanically induced vasospasm (meaning that it was as result of the intervention or catheterization), can we bill for the treatment done during that same intervention or cath operative session? I seem to recall seeing somewhere that if we cause the vasospasm we can't bill for the immediate treatment done in the same operative session. However, now I can't find that documentation to support this.