AMA CPT® Assistant - 2000 Issue 11 (November)
Cardiovascular System (November 2000)
November 2000 page 10c Coding Consultation Cardiovascular System, Surgery, 37620, 75940 (Q&A) Question A surgeon performed insertion of a Greenfield vena cava filter device, and also performed the radiological supervision and interpretation for the percutaneous placement of the filter. What codes should the surgeon report? AMA Comment CPT does not contain a code that describes both the surgical and radiological components of a percu- taneous placement of a Greenfield filter. Instead, each component is reported separately. Code 37620, Interruption, partial or complete, of inferior vena cava by suture, ligation, plication, clip, extravascular, intravascular (umbrella device), describes the actual...
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