CPT® 33771, Under Repair Procedures for Transposition of the Great Vessels
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 33771 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures for Transposition of the Great Vessels.
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Summary
In this procedure, the provider surgically repairs a cardiac defect present from birth, in which the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle. The patient also has a ventricular septal defect that he must enlarge the hole in septum during the procedure and use a graft to connect the left ventricle to the aorta through this hole. In this procedure the provider must also repair a narrowing of the pulmonary artery, a blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs for purification.
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