CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 21, 2017

A patient presents with coronary artery disease, and stents are placed in the first obtuse marginal (OM1) artery, second obtuse marginal (OM2) artery, and posterolateral artery. In this patient, the posterolateral arises from the left circumflex artery. No stent or other intervention is performed in the left circumflex artery itself, only in the three branches. What is the appropriate code(s) to report?

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