February 2019 page 9
Coding Correction: Coding Incompetent-Veins Treatment
In the March 2018 issue of CPT® Assistant, the second-to-last paragraph of the article "Coding Incompetent-Veins Treatment" (p 3) notes the following:
Similar to the codes introduced for non-compounded foam (36465, 36466), codes 36473 and 36483 may be reported only once per extremity per day.
However, this sentence should read:
Similar to the codes introduced for non-compounded foam (36465, 36466), codes 36473, 36474, 36482, and 36483 may be reported only once per extremity per day.
Add-on codes 36474 and 36483 are reported for subsequent vein(s) treated in the same extremity...
Note: The following article synopsis was NOT provided by the AMA. It was created by Find-A-Code/innoviHealth.
Article Overview
This short correction notice from CPT Assistant addresses a text amendment to earlier guidance on incompetent-veins treatment. It is relevant to coders and billers who work with vein ablation reporting and need to understand that the article is correcting prior publication language rather than introducing new clinical material.
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The article’s purpose as a correction notice
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