Please note this question was answered in 2019. The coding advice may or may not be outdated.
Carotid Stent and Hemorrhage of Neck
Date: Jul 22, 2019
Question:
Patient taken emergently to the OR for bleeding from left neck. Right transfemoral access with left carotid angiogram. Stent-assisted angioplasty using Viabahn stent graft of the internal carotid artery. Deployment of stent graft abated all bleeding. Would this be billed with unlisted code 37799?
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