AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 3 (March)

Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation (TPVI) (March 2016)

March 2016 pages 5-6 Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation (TPVI) In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2016 code set, Category III code 0262T, which described transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation (TPVI), was deleted and converted to a Category I code 33477. In addition, new guidelines were added and parenthetical notes were revised to provide instruction for the appropriate reporting of this code. This article discusses these changes that were made in the Cardiovascular System/Pulmonary Valve subsection of the CPT code set. New Code 33477 33477Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation, percutaneous approach, including pre-stenting of the valve delivery site, when performed Category...

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