AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 12 (December)

Endovascular Repair Procedures (December 2017)

December 2017 pages 3-7 Endovascular Repair Procedures In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2018 code set, endovascular repair of abdominal aorta and/or iliac arteries codes 34800-34806, 34825, 34826, and 34900 have been deleted, 16 new codes (34701-34716) have been added and four related codes (34812, 34820, 34833, 34834) have been revised. A substantial number of new guidelines have been added, and parenthetical notes have been added, deleted, and revised to assist with correct reporting of these services. These changes were prompted by a recommendation from the CPT/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) Joint Workgroup on codes...

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