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CPT® 2013:

+92973 Coding Is Limited to Mechanical Thrombectomy

Published on Thu Mar 07, 2013

The aspiration thrombectomy question finally gets an answer. The 2013 addition of the term "mechanical" to thrombectomy code +92973 has coders clapping for clarity: 2012: +92973, Percutaneous transluminal coronary thrombectomy 2013: +92973, Percutaneous transluminal coronary thrombectomy mechanical. There has been a lot of confusion in the past about whether coders could use +92973 for more than mechanical thrombectomy, specifically whether [...]
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