AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 12 (December)

Reporting Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Insertion (December 2020)

December 2020 pages 4-7 Reporting Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Insertion For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2021 code set, two new codes (33995, 33997) have been created to report the insertion and removal of percutaneous ventricular assist devices (VADs), and four codes (33990-33993) have been revised to clarify the insertion and removal of right and left heart percutaneous VADs in the Cardiac Assist subsection of the Cardiovascular System section. In addition to the guidelines preceding these codes, guidelines throughout the Cardiovascular System section have been revised, and parenthetical notes have been added to support these changes. In addition...

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