tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 9

Coding: Code Confusion Hits Endovenous Ablation Therapy

Some payors accept S2130, others require unlisted codeAn increasingly popular treatment for varicose veins has run into confusion because payors won't agree on which code to use for it. According to the Society for Interventional Radiology, payors are split between three different codes when it comes to endovenous ablation therapy. This is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure in use for the past five years. The physician inserts a catheter using ultrasound imaging, and guides the ablation probe into the great saphenous vein. The physician applies anesthetic around the vein, then applies ultrasound, radiofrequency or laser energy to the...

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