CPT^® 33615, Under Repair Procedures for Single Ventricle and Other Complex Cardiac Anomalies

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 33615 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures for Single Ventricle and Other Complex Cardiac Anomalies.

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The provider closes an atrial septal defect, or hole in the wall between the atria, with a patch graft. He then anastomoses, or connects, the pulmonary artery to either the atria or vena cava to correct tricuspid atresia, or congenital absence of the opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle.

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Hybrid Device Closure of ASD

[QUOTE="lavanyamohan, post: 448978, member: 46356"]Hi, If this is open procedure, please check whether cpt 33615. Regards, Lavanya Mohan[/QUOTE] Hi Lavanya. Thanks for your response. This was don... [ Read More ]

Hybrid Device Closure of ASD

Hi, If this is open procedure, please check whether cpt 33615. Regards, Lavanya Mohan... [ Read More ]

Help please! New to Cardio Coding!

Wow! This is amazing! I have not seen this before, but is this for an infant? Anyway, I cannot tell for sure, but it looks to me that CPTs 33600-33697 would apply.... Maybe 33610, 33615, 33622, 33641?... [ Read More ]

Help - Pediatric Code

Well the patient has hypoplastic left heart syndrome so he/she only has one ventricle to pump to the lungs and body; normally your right ventricle pumps to your lungs while the left pumps to the body.... [ Read More ]

Help - Pediatric Code

20680 for the sternal wire removal and take a look at either 33615 or 33617 for your Fontan procedure. They can both be billed as there are no CCI edits for 20680/33615&33617. Can't bill for re-do st... [ Read More ]

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[QUOTE="dmarchand, post: 10526, member: 33615"]I just recently started at a local hospital, ER coding. I was told 94 - 125 per day. I thought that was overwhelming, since I just started in the field... [ Read More ]

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