AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 8 (August)
Surgery: Cardiovascular System (August 2006)
August 2006 page 10b Surgery: Cardiovascular System, 35474 (Q&A) Question When both the femoral and popliteal arteries are treated with transluminal balloon angioplasty from a percutaneous approach, is CPT code 35474, Transluminal balloon angioplasty, percutaneous; femoralpopliteal, reported twice? AMA Comment Since the inception of component coding for interventional radiology procedures, the femoral and popliteal arteries have been considered two distinct vessels. If there are distinct lesions found in both the femoral and popliteal arteries and each lesion is treated separately with Transluminal balloon angioplasty, CPT code 35474 would be reported twice. Surgery: Cardiovascular System, 35474 (Q&A). CPT®...
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