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Coding Carotid Artery Stenosis

Published on Wed Dec 07, 2022

Question: A patient is diagnosed with carotid artery stenosis in the left and right arteries. Should I report an ICD-10 code for each artery? And what are the other arterial stenosis conditions we might see in patients at our practice? Arkansas Subscriber Answer: You should report a single ICD-10 code for two-sided this condition: I65.23 (Occlusion and stenosis of bilateral carotid arteries). [...]
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