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CPT® 2017:

Focus Your MOCA Vein Treatments with 36473 and 36474

Published on Fri Mar 10, 2017

Learn limitations of two new codes. If your surgeons are using the latest technology for treating incompetent extremity veins, you might be happy to find a new way to report the service without turning to an “unlisted” code. From now on, you can use one of the following codes when your patients receive mechanochemical ablation (MOCA) treatment for lower-extremity vein(s): [...]
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