AMA CPT® Assistant - 2023 Issue 3 (March)

Reporting Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation (36836, 36837) (March 2023)

March 2023 pages 22-26 Reporting Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation (36836, 36837) For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2023 code set, two new codes (36836, 36837), new introductory guidelines, and new and revised parenthetical notes were added to the Surgery/Cardiovascular System and Radiology subsections to indicate the appropriate reporting for percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation via a single access of both the peripheral artery and peripheral vein (36836) and via separate access sites (36837) for the peripheral artery and peripheral vein. This article provides an overview of these changes. Cardiovascular System Hemodialysis Access, Intervascular Cannulation for Extracorporeal Circulation, or Shunt...

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