A patient suffers a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring emergent endovascular repair. An aorto-aortic tube endograft is positioned in the aorta and a balloon dilation is…

The correct answer is A. 34702. The emergent endovascular repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with an aorto- aortic tube endograft is coded with CPT 34702. This code includes the deployment of the endograft and the necessary balloon angioplasty for sealing the proximal and distal attachment

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A patient suffers a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring emergent endovascular repair. An aorto-aortic tube endograft is positioned in the aorta and a balloon dilation is performed at the proximal and distal seal zones of the endograft. The balloon angioplasty is performed for endoleak treatment. What CPT® code does the vascular surgeon use to report the procedure?

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A34702
B34701
C34707
D34708

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Explanation

The emergent endovascular repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with an aorto- aortic tube endograft is coded with CPT 34702. This code includes the deployment of the endograft and the necessary balloon angioplasty for sealing the proximal and distal attachment

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#endovascular AAA repair#aorto-aortic tube endograft#ruptured aneurysm#balloon dilation

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