cpt® 2017 at-a-glance: transluminal balloon angioplasty
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CPT® 2017At-A-Glance: Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty
Out With the Old: CPT® 2017 Deletes These Codes …
DELETING...
Transluminal balloon angioplasty
Renal or other visceral artery
AorticBrachiocephalic trunk or branches, each vessel
Venous
3545035452
35458
Open
35460
Percutaneous
3547135472
3547535476
Don’t forget about the deletion of the associated supervision and interpretation (S&I) codes, too:
• 75962-+75964 for peripheral artery angioplasty S&I
• 75966-75968 for renal or other visceral artery angioplasty S&I
• 75978 for venous angioplasty S&I.
In With the New: CPT® 2017 Adds These Codes
Initial: 37246, Transluminal balloon angioplasty (except lower extremity artery[ies] for occlusive disease, intracranial, coronary, pulmonary, or dialysis circuit), open or percutaneous, including all imaging and radiological supervision and interpretation necessary to perform the angioplasty within the same artery; initial artery
Additional: +37247, … each additional artery (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
ARTERIES
In With the New: CPT® 2017 Adds These Codes
VEINS
Initial: 37248, Transluminal balloon angioplasty (except dialysis circuit), open or percutaneous, including all imaging and radiological supervision and interpretation necessary to perform the angioplasty within the same vein; initial vein
Additional: +37249, … each additional vein (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
Not Sure Which Vessels These Codes Apply To?
ARTERIES
VEINS
DO NOT use artery codes 37246 and +37247 for these angioplasty services:
• Lower extremity artery for occlusive disease• Intracranial• Coronary
• Pulmonary• Dialysis circuit
DO NOT use vein codes 37248 and +37249 for these angioplasty services:
• Dialysis circuit
Not Sure Which Vessels These Codes Apply To?
VEINS
DO use artery codes 37246 and +37247 for these angioplasty services (based on the AMA CPT® Index’s “Angioplasty” entry):
• Aorta• Axillary • Brachiocephalic
• Renal • Subclavian • Visceral
DO use vein codes 37248 and +37249 for these angioplasty services (based on the AMA CPT® Index’s “Angioplasty” entry):
• Renal• Tibial/Peroneal, Balloon
• Venous• Visceral
CAUTIONThe Index also lists the codes under “Angioplasty Tibial/Peroneal, Balloon,” but watch for when occlusive disease treatment codes from 3722x are more appropriate.
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ARTERIES
VEINS
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