AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 2 (February)

Medicine: Cardiovascular (Q&A) (February 2017)

February 2017 page 14d Medicine: Cardiovascular Question: What code(s) should be reported for an atherectomy and stent placement of an acute subtotal occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery performed during an acute myocardial infarction? Answer: Report code 92941, Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of acute total/subtotal occlusion during acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery or coronary artery bypass graft, any combination of intracoronary stent, atherectomy and angioplasty, including aspiration thrombectomy when performed, single vessel, for this procedure. Question: What code(s) should be reported for a percutaneous transluminal coronary thrombectomy and percutaneous intracoronary stent placement? Answer: Report code 92973, Percutaneous transluminal...

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