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Follow-Up Aortogram

Published on Sat Dec 01, 2001

Question: I am trying to code an unusual situation. One physician started a procedure and conducted an aortogram via the right femoral approach. Later at the same session, another physician placed a stent and performed percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) via the right brachial approach. Afterward, the second physician performed another aortogram via the right femoral. Can both aortograms be charged?

Massachusetts Subscriber  
Answer: No. Follow-up aortography to check the stent or the angiography is inherent in the procedure and related RS&I codes.
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