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CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 3, 2025
Because a clinical vignette for the Fontan procedure (33617) describes the division and oversewing of the anatomic main pulmonary artery (PA), does it mean the procedure represented by code 33917 is inherent to and included in the procedure represented by code 33617, or would it be appropriate to separately report code 33917?
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