AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 9 (September)

Reporting Angiography Via Existing Catheter for Follow-Up Study (September 2019)

September 2019 page 6 Reporting Angiography Via Existing Catheter for Follow-Up Study In the 2013 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, the work of code 75898, Angiography through existing catheter for follow-up study for transcatheter therapy, embolization or infusion, other than for thrombolysis, was bundled into new codes 37211-37214 (thrombolysis other than coronary) in response to the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale (RVS) Update Committee’s (RUC’s) review of codes reported together 75% or more. In the CPT 2016 code set, code 75896, Transcatheter therapy, infusion, other than for thrombolysis, radiological supervision and interpretation, was deleted...

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