Reference no: EM133581396

Question: The patient has a blocked right iliac artery that cannot be opened. Therefore, the patient undergoes a left femoral artery bypass to the right femoral artery with a Gore-Tex prosthetic graft. The right femoral artery still does not show adequate back bleeding. A thromboendarterectomy is performed on the right common femoral artery. Adequate blood flow is achieved, and the anastomosis is completed. What is the correct coding for this procedure? 34201 Embolectomy or thrombectomy, without or without catheter; femoropopliteal, aortoiliac artery, by leg incision 35371 Thromboendarterectomy, including patch graft, if performed; common femoral 35558 Bypass graft, with vein; femoral-femoral 35621 Bypass graft, with other than vein; axillary-femoral 35661 Bypass graft, with other than vein; femoral-femoral