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2017
At-AGlance:
Translumi
nal
Open
Percutaneous
35450
35452
35471
35475
Aortic
Dont forget
about the
deletion of the
associated
supervision and
interpretation
(S&I) codes, too:
35472
35476
ARTERIES
Initial: 37246, Transluminal balloon angioplasty
(except lower extremity artery[ies] for occlusive
disease, intracranial, coronary, pulmonary, or
dialysis circuit), open or percutaneous, including
all imaging and radiological supervision and
interpretation necessary to perform the
angioplasty within the same artery;initial artery
Additional: +37247, each additional artery
(List separately in addition to code for primary
procedure)
VEINS
Initial: 37248, Transluminal balloon angioplasty
(except dialysis circuit), open or percutaneous,
including all imaging and radiological supervision
and interpretation necessary to perform the
angioplasty within the same vein;initial vein
Additional: +37249, each additional vein (List
separately in addition to code for primary
procedure)
Dialysis circuit
Venous
Renal
Tibial/Peroneal, Balloon Visceral
VEINS
ARTERIES
DO use artery codes 37246 and +37247 for these
angioplasty services (based on the AMA CPT Indexs
Angioplasty entry):
Aorta
Axillary
Brachiocephalic
Renal
Subclavian
Visceral
CAUTION