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Venography with Intervention, 75820

Date: Sep 9, 2014

Question:

How would you code the following? Is the venography included in the new stent codes? 

1) Ultrasound-guided left femoral vein access. 2) Iliocaval venography. 3) Intravascular ultrasound: Left common femoral, external iliac, common iliac, and inferior vena cava. 4) Left 20 x 80, 20 x 40, and 20 x 80 Wall stent post-dilated to 20 mm in the common iliac vein and 18 mm in the external iliac vein.

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