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Assign Proper Endoleak Code

Published on Tue May 12, 2015

Question: The patient had endovascular repair of a descending thoracic aorta aneurysm in May 2014. I need to code a March 2015 repair of an endoleak. How should I report placement of a proximal extension prosthesis in the descending thoracic aorta that the cardiologist places using a balloon to seat under radiological guidance? Which ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes apply to an [...]
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