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Neurosurgery Coding Alert

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Report 61645 for This Scenario

Published on Tue Mar 03, 2020

Question: The surgeon gained access through the right common femoral artery and advanced a catheter into the right common carotid for imaging. He followed this by imaging the right internal carotid artery and then performed imaging and thrombectomy of the right middle cerebral artery. Which CPT® code should I report for this service? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: You will report code [...]
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