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Wiki Need help with code 35500

Thread starter SHARON1221
Start date Apr 29, 2011

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Apr 29, 2011

My physician did a REVISION of lower extremity bypass graft using code 35881 and in doing so, harvested an upper extremity vein (35500). But 35500 is an add-on code and cannot be used with code 35881. Is there another code that could be billed for the harvesting portion of this surgery? Thanks!

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