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Attempted Port placement

Date: Jan 18, 2016

Question:

I have an attempted port placement: "Right internal jugular vein was accessed with a needle under ultrasound guidance with angiography of the right internal jugular vein. Catheter was removed. Left internal jugular vein was accessed with needle under ultrasound guidance. Needle was advanced to the brachiocephalic and imaged obtained of the left jugular and brachiocephalic veins." Since the SVC could not be accessed via either of the jugular veins due to central occlusion, the port catheter placement was aborted. Are codes 36000, 36000-76, 75860, and 75860-76 appropriate?

Question ID : 7382
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