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Watch Aorta Documentation for 75630 vs. 75716

Published on Mon May 11, 2009

Question: You Be the Coder in Radiology Coding Alert, Vol. 11, No. 6, included the scenario below. The article suggested coding 75630, 75774, and 36247. But shouldnt you report 75716 instead of 75630? Scenario: Right common femoral artery was used and a 5 French sheath inserted. I advanced an Omniflush catheter into the distal aorta and performed an aortoiliac bifemoral angiogram. Then I passed a wire up and over into the left superficial femoral artery and brought a glide catheter over into the artery and performed a runoff from the SFA down to the feet. Iliac pictures taken on left with an Omni catheter and iliac pictures on right taken through a 5 French sheath. Right leg runoff taken through 5 French sheath. Wisconsin Subscriber Answer: When the radiologist documents findings for the aorta, bilateral iliofemoral, and left leg, the following codes are correct: " 75630 -- Aortography, abdominal plus bilateral [...]
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