AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 8 (August)

Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (August 2015)

August 2015 page 8 Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: May code 36471 be reported with code 76942? Answer: Yes, code 36471, Injection of sclerosing solution; Injection of sclerosing solution;multiple veins, same leg, may be reported with code 76942, Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement (eg, biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device), imaging supervision and interpretation. Note that code 76942 should be reported only once per session, even though multiple injections of sclerosing agents may be performed in the same vein and/or its tributaries and includes visualization of all vein(s) being injected and venous outflow, if performed. Ultrasound guidance procedures require permanently...

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