AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Cardiovascular System (December 2007)
December 2007 page 11 Bonus Feature:Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: Is CPT code 36140 assigned for the pullback of the catheter from the contralateral common femoral artery into the ipsilateral common femoral artery for extremity imaging? Answer: No additional code (eg, 36140) should be reported for the pullback positioning of the catheter in this setting. Code 36246 (second order catheterization) should be the only code reported for selective catheterization of the contralateral common femoral artery from an ipsilateral femoral puncture site because the contralateral catheterization includes the work of the nonselective catheter placement (36140). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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