AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 6 (June)

Surgery/Cardiovascular System (June 2009)

June 2009 page 10 Question and Answers:Surgery/Cardiovascular System Question: What is the appropriate code for reporting the retrograde introduction of a needle or intracatheter for injection purposes into a brachial or extremity artery? Answer: CPT codes 36120, Introduction of needle or intracatheter; retrograde brachial artery, is used for retrograde introduction of a needle or intracatheter into the brachial artery and 36140, Introduction of needle or intracatheter; extremity artery, should be used to report retrograde introduction of a needle or intracatheter into an extremity artery for injection purposes. Surgery/Cardiovascular System (June 2009). CPT® Assistant. 2009; June 2009 page 10 ...

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