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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Cardiovascular System (December 2007)
December 2007 page 10b
Bonus Feature:Surgery: Cardiovascular System
Question: Which angioplasty codes should be reported when
percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is performed in the
external iliac artery and the common femoral artery on the
same side during the same session?
Answer: The external iliac and common femoral arteries
are separate vessels. Any necessary angioplasty within a
single vessel is reported with only one procedural angioplasty
and one radiological supervision and interpretation
angioplasty code. If there are distinctly separate lesions in
the external iliac artery and in the common femoral artery
segments, and each is separately treated, both would be
coded...
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