Please note this question was answered in 2021. The coding advice may or may not be outdated.
removal of subcutaneous Infuse-A-Port
Question:
"Doctor removed infusaport, inserted AI pacemaker, angioplasty superior vena cava due to scar tissue. This was cut from the port body. Subsequently a Glidewire was advanced down through the port channel through the right atrium and into the inferior vena cava. Over the Supra core wire a 4.0 x 100 mm angioplasty balloon was used to perform angioplasty of the fibrotic scar bands which restricted passage of the sheath. Stenosis in the superior vena cava in this region of sheath was in excess of 90% though the majority of the superior vena cava likely remained patent."
Is 36590 the correct code for infusaport removal? Is this plus 37248 appropriate to be billed with PM insert?
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