Response to Comments: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography

This is a response-to-comments document for Draft LCD DL35035 concerning thoracic aortography and carotid/vertebral/subclavian angiography; it summarizes public comments (posted May 18, 2017) and contractor responses discussed at the June 2017 CAC meeting. The document states comments were reviewed and incorporated into the final LCD where applicable, but it does not itself list specific coverage indications, limitations, or frequency limits—review the final LCD DL35035 for operative coverage criteria.

"This document pertains to coverage decisions for thoracic aortography and carotid, vertebral, and subclavian angiography as addressed in Draft LCD DL35035."

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