tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 33

Venous Access: New Codes Mean More Specificity But Also More Requirements

Understand the coding requirements for 36555-36597 Coders rejoiced when CPT Codes 2004 introduced a number of new codes for central line and port placement services (36555-36597).   But these new codes will require much better physician documentation, says Marcella Bucknam, HIM program coordinator at Clarkson College in Omaha, Neb. The pressure is on surgeons and anyone else who places lines to provide more information on whether the line was placed peripherally or centrally, tunneled or not, or via port versus pump.   One significant change is that CPT adds new codes for the tunneled central lines (36557-36558) that are...

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