AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 5 (May)

Correct Coding of Carotid Artery and Innominate Artery Stent Placement Procedures (May 2015)

May 2015 page 7 Correct Coding of Carotid Artery and Innominate Artery Stent Placement Procedures For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2014 code set, code 37217 was established to report open surgical exposure of the cervical carotid artery and retrograde stent placement in the intrathoracic common carotid and innominate arteries. Retrograde stent placement means insertion of the endovascular stent in the opposite direction of blood flow toward the aortic arch through the common carotid artery in the neck distal to the occlusive lesion. For the CPT 2015 code set, code 37218 was established to report antegrade stent placement...

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