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36227 without 36222, 36223, or 36224

Date: Apr 2, 2015

Question:

Our physician states he selectively catheterized the left subclavian artery and then advanced into the left vertebral artery where an angiogram was done. We want to report code 36227, but he did not state that an angiogram was done in a previous artery. In order to bill code 36227 you need to have either 36222, 36223, or 36224. What do we bill without angiograms being done in these areas?

Question ID : 6399
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