AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 1; Clarification

Bilateral Carotid Artery Stenosis

A correction notice published in Coding Clinic Second Quarter 2002, page 19, instructs to assign code 433.30, Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, multiple and bilateral, without mention of cerebral infarction, for bilateral carotid artery stenosis instead of code 433.10, Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, carotid artery, without mention of cerebral infarction. However, if we assign code 433.30, Medicare is denying our claims. What is the correct way to code bilateral carotid artery stenosis? ...

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