AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 1 (January)

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) (33361-33365, 0318T) (January 2013)

January 2013 pages 6-8 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) (33361-33365, 0318T) The Cardiac Valves/Aortic Valve subsection in the Cardiovascular section of the CPT 2013 code set has eight new codes with extensive reporting guidelines for reporting transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR/TAVI). Before the addition of these codes, Category III codes 0256T-0259T were used to report endovascular and transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), which is now more commonly known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). These Category III codes have been deleted because TAVR/TAVI performed via the nonapical approaches now meet the criteria for the...

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