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Synechiae/Disobliteration/Endophlebectomy

Date: Oct 23, 2015

Question:

Per the Journal of Vascular Surgery, May 2004, "Partial obstruction of post-thrombotic veins caused by endovenous scar tissue, which creates synechiae and septae that narrow and sometimes block the lumen of a vein." We did a venous disobliteration and PTA of the iliofemoral segment of vein, with a CorMatrix patch angioplasty of the left common femoral vein, followed by construction of a left femoral vein to left common femoral artery arteriovenous fistula. This fistula was to preserve blood flow, not a dialysis fistula. How would you code this?

Question ID : 7220
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