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Atherectomy 0238T with Catheter Placements
Date: Sep 23, 2020
Question:
Say we have right femoral access and catheter was placed contralateral to the left common iliac, diagnostic imaging of the left leg was performed from the common iliac and the physician decides to perform an atherectomy and stent of the iliac... when using the 0238T code, do we also report the catheter placement and diagnostic imaging? CPT guidance on these atheterectomy codes says they do not include selectively catheterizing the vessel. So would we report 0238T, 36245, 75710? Any guidance is appreciated.
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