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Charge for catheter placement for non-chargeable angiogram?

Date: Sep 6, 2018

Question:

Can we charge for just the catheter placement when a patient has a non-chargeable angiogram? Example: Patient had stent placement into the proximal left internal carotid with distal protection (37215). On previous CTA, patient had bilateral internal carotid imaging. At time of intervention, the physician re-images the non-treated right internal carotid artery. I will not be charging for that angiography, but would I be able to charge 36217 for catheter placement into that artery?

Question ID : 11382
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