AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 5 (May)

Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (May 2012)

May 2012 page 14 Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: How would banding of the main pulmonary artery related to repair of a septal defect be reported? Answer: It would be appropriate to report code 33690, Banding of pulmonary artery, if banding of the main pulmonary artery (not the branch pulmonary artery) is performed. This procedure is used to reduce excessive pulmonary blood in infants and children with anomalies, such as multiple ventricular septal defects or single ventricle and unrestricted pulmonary blood flow. One would not use code 33690 for the "hybrid procedure," which is used as an alternative to...

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