AMA CPT® Assistant - 2011 Issue 8 (August)

Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (August 2011)

August 2011 page 9 Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: May code 36593 be reported for declotting an implanted pleural catheter? Answer: No. It is not appropriate to report code 36593 for declotting an implanted pleural catheter. CPT code 36593, Declotting by thrombolytic agent of implanted vascular access device or catheter, describes removal of a clot from an implanted vascular access device or catheter by injecting a thrombolytic agent. Currently, there is not a specific CPT code that accurately describes this service. Therefore, unlisted code 32999, Unlisted procedure, lungs and pleura, should be reported. When reporting an unlisted code to describe...

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