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61626 vs 37243

Date: Mar 6, 2024

Question:

Patient with thymic tumor. Successful particle embolization of the right superior thyroid artery feeding the thymic tumor. Would you report code 37243 since the tumor is in the thymus or 61626 because the feeding artery is in the neck?

Question ID : 20228
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