tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 6

RADIOLOGY: 2 Choices To Chart Your Bovine Arch Coding Course

Uncover the difference between using 2nd- and 3rd-order catheter codesThere isn't one set-in-stone way to report an aortogram on a patient with a bovine arch. Our coding experts present two solutions that could work for you--depending on how you view the left common carotid's role in the procedure. Scenario: Your interventional radiologist gained access from the right femoral artery and performed an ascending aortogram on a patient with a bovine arch. He placed a catheter in the right common carotid with selective angiogram of the right common carotid, and obtained intracerebral angiogram on the right side.Option 1: Second-order...

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