CPT® 2014:
33366 Takes the Place of 0318T Next Year
Published on Wed Nov 13, 2013
Be sure the whole TAVR team is in the loop.
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) coders, take note. These procedure codes will be grouped in one place in 2014 when CPT® moves the transapical approach code from Category III to join its fellows in Category I under 3336X:
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2013: 0318T, Implantation of catheter-delivered prosthetic aortic heart valve, open thoracic approach, (e.g., transapical, other than transaortic)
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2014: 33366, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR/TAVI) with prosthetic valve; transapical exposure (e.g., left thoracotomy).