CPT^® 33697, Under Repair Procedures for Septal Defect

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 33697 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures for Septal Defect.

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Summary

The provider closes off the ventricular septal defect with a patch graft and places a tube graft between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery. This bypasses the obstruction of blood flow that the underdevelopment or absence of the pulmonary valve causes.

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Tof

I am thinking this should be coded as 33697 and 33641, but I want to be sure it is correct. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!! Cardiothoracic Surgery Operative Report PREOPERATI... [ 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 ]

Appeal 33697 when denied with 33926?

Has anyone successfully appealed the denial of TOF repair 33697 for being a component service of Unifocalization 33925/6? The CCI edit bundling these codes was removed in 2007. The paranthetical langu... [ Read More ]

Pulmonary homograft

Hi all, I'm new to coding congenital cases so I'm not as familiar with the CPTs used in most of these cases. We have a patient who had an aortic homograft and a pulmonary homograft after her Ross pr... [ Read More ]

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