AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 5 (May)
Pacemaker - Leadless and Pocketless System Codes (0387T-0391T) (May 2015)
May 2015 pages 3-5 Pacemaker - Leadless and Pocketless System Codes (0387T-0391T) The placement of pacemakers traditionally requires the insertion of transvenous leads into the heart, which are then tunneled under the skin subcutaneously and connected to a pacemaker generator that is typically placed into a surgically created pocket in the upper pectoral region. However, with new technological advancements, a new procedure has been developed for the percutaneous, transcatheter delivery of a self-contained intracardiac pacemaker. This procedure is significantly different from the procedures described by the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes for the insertion, repositioning, replacement, and removal...
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