You Be the Coder:
Learn Catheter Placement Basics
Published on Tue Mar 17, 2020
Question: We have a new surgeon in our practice who specializes in vascular surgery, and I need some help coding for these procedures. If the surgeon introduces a catheter into the common femoral artery and advances it to the aorta for an abdominal aortogram before removing the catheter, how should I code the procedure? California Subscriber Answer: The correct code [...]