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  2. ICD-9-CM Volume 3 - Wikipedia

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    Procedures and interventions, not elsewhere classified Therapeutic ultrasound Therapeutic ultrasound of vessels of head and neck Anti-restenotic ultrasound; Intravascular non-ablative ultrasound Therapeutic ultrasound of heart Anti-restenotic ultrasound; Intravascular non-ablative ultrasound

  3. Carotid ultrasonography - Wikipedia

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    Carotid ultrasound is a low-cost, noninvasive, and accurate diagnostic imaging modality used to evaluate diseases of the carotid arteries. [2] It is most often used to diagnose carotid artery stenosis, a form of atherosclerosis, and has the capability to assess plaque morphology and characteristics. [1]

  4. List of ICD-9 codes 390–459: diseases of the circulatory system

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    443.21 Dissection of carotid artery; 443.22 Dissection of iliac artery; 443.23 Dissection of renal artery; 443.24 Dissection of vertebral artery; 443.29 Dissection of other artery; 443.8 Other specified peripheral vascular diseases 443.82 Erythromelalgia; 443.9 Peripheral vascular disease, unspecified; 444 Arterial embolism and thrombosis; 445 ...

  5. Hollenhorst plaque - Wikipedia

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    It is estimated that 44% of patients who do not have a bruit on auscultation will still have significant stenosis of the carotid artery. [1] Carotid endarterectomy. This is a surgical procedure that is used to restore blood flow in a stenosed carotid artery. At this time, it is not recommended that patients with an asymptomatic Hollenhorst ...

  6. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.

  7. Endarterectomy - Wikipedia

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    Coronary endarterectomy involves removing atheroma from the wall of blocked blood vessels (coronary) supplying the heart muscle. The concept was first introduced by Bailey [2] in the 1950s prior to the advent of coronary artery bypass surgery to help patients with angina and coronary artery disease. It is still used today when coronary artery ...

  8. Carotid artery stenosis - Wikipedia

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    The internal carotid artery supplies the brain, and the external carotid artery supplies the face. This fork is a common site for atherosclerosis, an inflammatory build-up of atheromatous plaque inside the common carotid artery, or the internal carotid arteries that causes them to narrow. [3] [4]

  9. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage - Wikipedia

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    An angiogram will show whether the blood vessel is blocked by a clot, the blood vessel is narrowed, or if there is an abnormality of a blood vessel known as an aneurysm. Carotid duplex: A carotid duplex is an ultrasound study that assesses whether or not you have atherosclerosis (narrowing) of the carotid arteries. These arteries are the large ...

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