Radiology Coding Alert
Confirm Pressure Recording In Portal Venogram
Question: Our physician did a portal venous angiogram and also recorded the portal venous pressures. How can we report this procedure?
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Answer: When your physician does a portal venous angiogram, you can choose from the following two codes, depending upon whether or not your physician also did a hemodynamic evaluation.
In the scenario described in the question, the best code is 75885. In addition, you can submit code 36481 (Percutaneous portal vein catheterization by any method) for the percutaneous catheterization of the portal vein.
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