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Wiki Coronary Vein Angioplasty Question

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Elsie16

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Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for some ICD-10 procedure coding assistance.

I have a case where a patient had a traditional percutaneous angioplasty of both their basiliac and axillary veins. During the same operative visit, the veins were found to still have significant stenosis, so the physician then performed a percutaneous angioplasty of both veins again, this time with a drug coated balloon

Question: Is it appropriate to code both procedures for each vein, or just the drug coated balloons procedures? The DRG groups differently if all 4 are coded vs just the drug coated procedures

Any help is greatly appreciated

Elsie
 
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