AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (December 2018)

December 2018 page 10a Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: Would injection of a non-compounded foam sclerosant into varicose vein clusters and tributaries of "the saphenous system" be appropriately reported with CPT code 36466? Answer: No, noncompounded foam sclerotherapy, compounded foam sclerotherapy, and nonfoam sclerotherapy of saphenous tributaries (branch veins) and perforators is reported with codes 36470, Injection of sclerosant; single incompetent vein (other than telangiectasia), or 36471, Injection of sclerosant; multiple incompetent veins (other than telangiectasia), same leg. Code 36465, Injection of non-compounded foam sclerosant with ultrasound compression maneuvers to guide dispersion of the injectate, inclusive of all imaging guidance...

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