CPT^® 33315, Under Surgical Procedures on the Heart (Including Valves) and Great Vessels

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 33315 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Surgical Procedures on the Heart (Including Valves) and Great Vessels.

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In this procedure, the provider incises the heart to find and remove a foreign body or clot in the heart. The provider places the patient on a cardiopulmonary bypass, or CPB, machine to perform this procedure.

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:confused: Minimally invasive exploration of aortic valve. We then instituted full cardiopulmonary bypass. Further dissection of the pericardium off the ascending aorta was performed allowing place... [ Read More ]

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I would code only 33999. It is my opinion the TEE was done as mapping guidance and not from a diagnostic perspective. You will have to use a comp code to figure price. I want to say we used CPT 3331... [ Read More ]

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need a little help(alot)

[QUOTE="hewitt, post: 241090, member: 11336"]You might want to consider for atrial or ventricular thrombus 33310, 33315. Inferior vena cava 34401, 34421, 34451. Hepatic 34151. I do not know the detail... [ Read More ]

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You might want to consider for atrial or ventricular thrombus 33310, 33315. Inferior vena cava 34401, 34421, 34451. Hepatic 34151. I do not know the detail, but this will at least give you a start. Be... [ Read More ]

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