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Use Two Codes for Combined Technique

Published on Fri Nov 18, 2022

Question: Our vascular surgeon accessed the occluded femoral vein through a tiny incision at the patient’s groin, then performed venography by injecting contrast material through the incision into the vein to localize the exact site of the clot. Under fluoroscopic guidance, they inserted a guidewire to the site of the occlusion and threaded a catheter over the guidewire. The surgeon used [...]
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