AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 4 (April)

Cardiovascular System/Surgery (April 2003)

April 2003 page 26b Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Cardiovascular System/Surgery, 36000, 90780, 90781 (Q&A) Question Would it be appropriate to report code 36540 for collection of blood from a partial venous access device? AMA Comment Code 36540, Collection of blood specimen, from a completely implantable venous access device, was revised for CPT 2003 to indicate that this code only is intended to be reported for collection of blood specimen from a completely implantable venous access device. Therefore, it would not be appropriate to report code 36540 for collection of blood specimens from a partially implanted venous access device...

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