tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2003 Issue 5

Endovascular AAA Repairs, Part 2: Complete Your Reimbursement by Claiming All Separately Reportable Procedures

Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) involves a range of separately reportable procedures, depending on circumstances. In addition, CPT contains a specific code group to describe endoscopic-to-open conversions for aneurysm repair. By reviewing all the services the surgeon may provide, you can make use of all the available codes and ensure complete reimbursement. Independently Report Associated Procedures Placement of a prosthesis as described by 34800-34804 accounts for only a portion of the total procedure, says Marvel J. Hammer, RN, CPC, CHCO, owner of MJH Consulting, a healthcare reimbursement consulting firm in Denver. Although CPT specifies that balloon angioplasty...

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