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Differentiate Between 93970 and 93971 for Suspected DVT

Published on Thu Jul 30, 2026

Question: A senior patient came into our radiology practice with left calf swelling, tenderness, warmth, and erythema. They’d been experiencing the symptoms for about three days following a long flight back home from New York City. The sonographer performed a complete duplex scan of the lower left extremity veins only, including compression maneuvers of the common femoral, femoral, popliteal, and [...]
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