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Cardiology Coding Alert

Part 1, PAD:

Look to This Guidance to Improve Your Peripheral Artery Disease Coding

Published on Fri May 24, 2024

Choose different codes for atherosclerosis of bypass grafts vs. native arteries. If you find peripheral artery disease (PAD) and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) coding confusing, you’re not alone. Read on for some helpful insight on how best to maneuver this complicated space. In her HEALTHCON 2024 session “Peripheral Artery Disease: Diagnostics and Treatments of the Lower Extremities,” Elizabeth Herbert, RHIA, [...]
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