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    Wiki axillary artery ligation for post op hemorrhage

    I have a tricky one i could really use help with. Pt came in thru the ED with 2 massively infected axillofemoral dacron grafts. My surgeon removed both and performed a direct repair of a ruptured axillary artery. A week later the patient started bleeding again, so he did this: Via a new...
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    Wiki Valid Procedure codes can be either ER HC IV or WK

    Invalid Procedure Code Qualifier for Procedure Procedure 2: 37237. Valid Procedure codes can be either ER, HC, IV, or WK.
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    Wiki Denial: Valid Procedure codes can be either ER, HC, IV, or WK.

    We received a denial from Medicare: EDRC-Invalid Procedure Code Qualifier for Procedure Procedure 2: 37237. Valid Procedure codes can be either ER, HC, IV, or WK. Here are the diagnosis and procedure codes we submitted on the claim: I70.219, I65.8 37236-LT, 37237-LT, 35475-59, 75710-26-59...
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    • artery either er hc iv or wk gradient procedure subclavian
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    • Forum: Cardiology
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    Wiki Vascular Coding Question

    Good Morning, This patient was having a transcatheter aortic valve replacement. They had problems and they had to place extra stents for dissection of the vertebral/subclavian artery. Can someone assist me in coding this report. I would use the 33363 for the TAVR, but after that I am not...
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    Wiki Code Subclavian artery?? Please help!

    I have a report that states a patient had an abdominal aortogram of the right iliac and was injected for angio in the SVG and IMA. He notes that the left subclavian artery is diseased and that the catheter made it past the apple core type lesion in the subclavian. Am I supposed to use another...
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