AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 6 (June)

Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (June 2016)

June 2016 page 8b Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: When an arteriovenous shunt for dialysis requires percutaneous transluminal angioplasty at one site in the outflow vein and a stent placement at another, should a CPT code be reported for both? Answer: Only code 37238, Transcatheter placement of an intravascular stent(s), open or percutaneous, including radiological supervision and interpretation and including angioplasty within the same vessel, when performed; initial vein, would be reported. Code 37238 includes any and all balloon angioplasty(s) performed in the treated vessel, including pre-dilation (whether performed as a primary or secondary angioplasty), post-dilation following stent placement, treatment...

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