AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 3 (March)
Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (March 2019)
March 2019 page 10b Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: An intensive care unit (ICU) physician places a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) at the bedside in an ICU using ultrasound imaging guidance. The tip cannot be confirmed with ultrasound at the bedside. A portable chest X ray is ordered by the ICU physician and reported by a different physician to confirm the position. What code(s) should be reported for the PICC placement and the chest X ray? Answer: In this case, no imaging code would be reported by the ICU physician who placed the PICC. Only code 36572, Insertion of...
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