AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 10 (October)

Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (October 2013)

October 2013 page 18a Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: Does code 36227 include the reporting of all diagnostic angiography performed within a unilateral external carotid angiogram or may subselection of external carotid artery branches be reported additionally with 75774? Answer: Code 36227, Selective catheter placement, external carotid artery, unilateral, with angiography of the ipsilateral external carotid circulation and all associated radiological supervision and interpretation (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), includes all selective catheterizations in the external carotid artery territory; therefore, additional catheterizations and angiograms are not reported separately. Thus, add-on code 75774, Angiography, selective, each additional...

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