AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 11 (November)
Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) (November 2007)
November 2007 page 9-end Coding Communication:Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Question: What is the appropriate CPT code to report for the performance of radiofrequency (RF) perforation with static balloon atrial septostomy? Answer: RF technique for septal perforation is another method for performing a transseptal procedure that must precede a balloon atrial septostomy (reported with code 92992, Atrial septectomy or septostomy; transvenous method, balloon [eg, Rashkind type] [includes cardiac catheterization]). Therefore, only code 92992 should be reported because the transseptal perforation procedure is inherent to the septostomy procedure, and can be performed using various methodologies, of which one is RF...
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