Stent vs. Embolization or Both

Question:

If the surgeon uses a covered stent and performs an embolization on a patient with a pseudoaneurysm, can we bill for both the stent and removal of the embolus?

Answer:

If a covered stent is deployed as thesolemanagement of an aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm or vascular extravasation, then thestent deploymentshould be reported and not the embolization code.