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CPT Knowledgebase - Aug 2, 2012
If a patient has four different veins ablated on the same extremity but through separate entrance sites, would code 36479, Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, laser; second and subsequent veins treated in a single extremity, each through separate access sites (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), be reported three times, once for each entrance site, in addition to primary procedure code 36478, Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, laser; first vein treated?
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