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Vascular Surgery:

Follow 5 Tips for Clean Mechanical Thrombectomy Claims

Published on Tue Mar 21, 2023

Distinguish ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ procedures. When your vascular surgeons remove a blood clot from an artery or vein, you’ll need to wade through a host of codes to accurately report the mechanical thrombectomy procedure. Read on to learn five guidelines to help you spotlight the correct code for every case. Tip 1: Distinguish Primary and Secondary Arterial Mechanical Thrombectomy Your [...]
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