tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 11

Reader Question: Report Single AV Shunt

Question: I code for certain dialysis arteriovenous shunt services like angioplasty and stenting. May I report both angioplasty and stenting in the outflow vein if they’re at different places? Wisconsin Subscriber Answer: You should include both the angioplasty and stenting in 37238 (Transcatheter placement of an intravascular stent[s], open or percutaneous, including radiological supervision and interpretation and including angioplasty within the same vessel, when performed; initial vein). CPT® guidelines state that you report 37238 once to represent all the stenting work within the shunt segment regardless of the number of lesions treated in that vessel segment. The June...

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