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Percutaneous Conversion to Open Saphenous Vein Therapy

Date: Jul 29, 2014

Question:

If attempting venous laser ablation of incompetent vein (36478) and encounter stenosis/blockage that you cannot get wire/cath through, and you abort procedure and do open ligation, would you only code the open ligation and omit code 36478-74 modifier entirely? I cannot find this particular example documented.

Question ID : 5878
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