tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2020 Issue Q2

You Be the Coder: Learn Catheter Placement Basics

Question: We have a new surgeon in our practice who specializes in vascular surgery, and I need some help coding for these procedures. If the surgeon introduces a catheter into the common femoral artery and advances it to the aorta for an abdominal aortogram before removing the catheter, how should I code the procedure? California Subscriber Answer: The correct code for the catheter placement is 36200 (Introduction of catheter, aorta). This is a non-selective catheterization, which means that the surgeon places the catheter directly into the desired blood vessel or organ. The procedure does not involve manipulation, and the...

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