AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 5 (May)

Noncoronary Intravascular Ultrasound Services (37252, 37253) (May 2016)

May 2016 page 11 Noncoronary Intravascular Ultrasound Services (37252, 37253) Historically, endovascular therapies have been reported using one or more codes for the procedure(s) and separate additional code(s) for the radiological supervision and interpretation. These procedures may be performed by vascular surgeons, cardiologists, general surgeons, cardiothoracic surgeons, and/or radiologists to treat conditions such as atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysm or dissection, other disorders of the arteries/arterioles, venous embolism/thrombosis, and other disorders of the circulatory system. Over the last several years, an initiative has been undertaken within the CPT code set to bundle services that are frequently performed together. For CPT 2016...

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