AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 3 (March)

Cerebral and Intracranial Endovascular Thombectomy (61645, 61650, 61651) (March 2016)

March 2016 pages 3-4 Cerebral and Intracranial Endovascular Thombectomy (61645, 61650, 61651) In February 2010, the Relativity Assessment Workgroup (RAW) identified codes 37201, Transcatheter therapy infusion for thrombolysis other than coronary, and 75896, Transcatheter therapy, infusion, any method (eg thrombolysis other than coronary) radiological supervision and interpretation, as being reported together 75% of the time. In October 2011, the CPT Editorial Panel created four new codes (37211-37214) to describe noncoronary transcatheter therapy for thrombolysis. Radiologic supervision and interpretation (RS&I) and related evaluation and management (E/M) services were inclusive components of these codes. As a result, code 37201 was...

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