AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 1 (January)
Coding Update: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) (January 2014)
January 2014 page 5 Coding Update: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) The 2013 TAVR/TAVI [transcatheter aortic valve implantation] codes (33361-33365) did not include TAVR/TAVI when performed using the open transapical thoracic approach because at that time, the device was not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use via that approach. Thus, TAVR/TAVI performed via the open transapical approach remained a Category III code (0318T) for 2013. The FDA subsequently approved a catheter-delivered prosthetic aortic heart valve for implantation using the open transapical thoracic approach; therefore, a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Category I code was...
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