AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 5 (May)

Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (May 2014)

May 2014 page 10c Surgery: Nervous System Question: When reporting codes 61640-61642, is angiography included? Answer: Yes. Codes 61640, Balloon dilatation of intracranial vasospasm, percutaneous; initial vessel; 61641, Balloon dilatation of intracranial vasospasm, percutaneous; each additional vessel in same vascular family (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure); and 61642, Balloon dilatation of intracranial vasospasm, percutaneous; each additional vessel in different vascular family (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) include angiography. The parenthetical note following these codes states that all selective vascular catheterization of the target vessel, contrast injection(s), vessel measurement roadmapping, postdilation angiography...

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