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    Wiki Bilateral Renal Stent Coding

    Bilateral renal stents and superior mesenteric artery stent placed. Do you bill 37236-50 with 37237 or 37236 and 37237(x2)?
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    Wiki Ultrasound: abdomen & renal coding help

    I have a few questions on an issue we are seeing on Ultrasound’s that are done. Our Cardio Docs will do the reading on abdominal aorta and the renal ultrasounds. Our question is this… 1) The dictation states “Complete Duplex Scan of abdominal aorta with 2D Imaging, color flow and spectral...
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    Wiki Bilateral renal artery angioplasty and stent placement HELP

    Hello, I am fairly new to vascular coding and I want to make sure I code this correct. I am thinking 36252 (bilat)and 37236, 37237. From what I have read angio is included in stent placement so I would not use 35471. I attached the op note below. Thanks for any help with this. Procedure...
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    Wiki Optical coherence tomography for renal vessels

    Guys, I don't see a temporary code for OCT for vessels other than coronary....do you know of any other temporary codes for this scenario? Next over the 0.014 wire, the OCT system was advanced into the left renal artery via the Flexor sheath, which was advanced to the origin of the left renal...
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    Wiki Optical coherence tomography during renal angiography

    Hi, Is there a temporary code this OCT of vessels other than coronary?...as below.... Next over the 0.014 wire, the OCT system was advanced into the left renal artery via the Flexor sheath, which was advanced to the origin of the left renal artery with the aid of the Cobra catheter and 0.035...
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    Wiki Renal and Peripheral angiographies need help coding please

    1. Right common femoral artery access with catheter placement and selective engagement of bilateral renal arteries with supervision and interpretation. 2. Bilateral renal artery stenting. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient is a 68-year-old with a history of resistant hypertension...
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    Wiki ? code for Renal CT/CT of kidneys

    Looking for a code for a 3-phase renal CT/CT of kidneys, but there seems to be no specific code for this -- does anyone know -- would it fall under CT of abdomen?
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    Wiki Kidney/Renal Coding

    Hi, all. I'm looking for a list of codes that indicate kidney/renal conditions. Does anyone have a list or know where I might find one? In the perfect world I'm looking for 3 categories of codes: - patient has ESRD - patient HAD ESRD (usually result of successful transplant) - patient is...
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    Wiki semantics: kidney vs. renal

    Having taught medical terminology in the college setting, I personally consider the words "kidney" & "renal" to be synonymous. Most of my daily work is HCC related. Physicians are constantly documenting code 585.x as: "renal stage X" "renal insufficiency X" "CRD" "CRF" My fellow auditor & I...
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