General Surgery Coding Alert

+37222, +37223 add on ipsilateral iliac vesselWith an entire new section for endovascular revascularization in CPT 2011, you'll need to institute lots of coding changes for these procedures in your general surgery practice. Let our experts start you off right with five keys to iliac artery revascularization.What's changing: "Sixteen new codes for lower extremity revascularization will help you more accurately report procedures your surgeon performs to treat occlusive disease," says Marcella Bucknam, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H, CCS, CPC-P, COBGC, CCC, manager of compliance education for the University of Washington Physicians Compliance Program in Seattle.The following four new codes focus on what CPT 2011 calls the "iliac vascular territory":37220 -- Revascularization, endovascular, open or percutaneous, iliac artery, unilateral, initial vessel; with transluminal angioplasty37221 -- ...with transluminal stent placement(s), includes angioplasty within the same vessel, when performed+37222 -- Revascularization, endovascular, open or percutaneous, iliac artery, each additional ipsilateral iliac vessel; with transluminal angioplasty (List separately [...]