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Stent of the Common Carotid Origin

Date: Jan 22, 2015

Question:

One of our surgeons placed a stent at the origin of the left common carotid artery by open cutdown along with aortic arch angiogram. Pre and post angioplasties were performed of the common carotid origin as well. A filter was not used for this case, and the patient has Medicare. The question is, do we consider the procedure of the left common carotid artery origin to be a carotid stent code or unlisted code? Not sure how to properly code this one.

Question ID : 6422
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