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Any help is much appreciated. I came up with the following:
37220-78-RT
+37222-RT
37244-80-RT
PROCEDURES PERFORMED:
1. Right lower extremity angiography.
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[b]Coding Clinic[/b]
Bleeding gastric varices due to alcoholic cirrhosis/hepatitis
ICD-9-CM Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2002 Page: 4 Effective with discharges: August 1, 2002
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Meeting Minutes
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Select the correct... [ Read More ]
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