AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 7 (July)

Functional Single Ventricle Palliation (Hybrid Approach Stage 1 and Stage 2) (33620-33622) (July 2016)

July 2016 pages 3-5 Functional Single Ventricle Palliation (Hybrid Approach Stage 1 and Stage 2) (33620-33622) The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes 33620-33622 describe staged/hybrid surgical intervention, which may be used to manage and repair the complex congenital cardiac anomaly of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and related malformations. This article provides an overview of the surgical details for this hybrid procedure. HLHS and related malformations are congenital anomalies consisting of severe obstruction of both left-sided cardiac valves, as well as severe underdevelopment of the left side of the heart. Immediate therapy, often required within the first few...

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