CPT^® 35509, Under Vein Bypass Graft Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 35509 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Vein Bypass Graft Procedures.

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The provider bypasses a blood vessel blockage by inserting a bypass graft that connects one carotid artery to a portion of another carotid artery on the opposite side of the neck with a vein graft.

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Carotid to contralateral carotid bypass surgery with composite graft

Hi everyone! My surgeon wants to do a carotid to contralateral carotid bypass surgery using composite graft only. 35509 is bypass graft with vein so that doesn't really fit. I also looked at add on co... [ Read More ]

Carotid to contralateral carotid bypass graft

One of my surgeons performed a right common carotid to left common carotid bypass using a synthetic graft. I found 35509 (carotid-contralateral carotid using vein), but he only used a synthetic graft... [ Read More ]

Carotid to carotid bypass

Vascular surgery question

My physician performed a carotid contralateral carotid with PTFE graft and there is not a code for this procedure, however there is a code for carotid contralateral carotid with vein (35509). Would ... [ Read More ]

LH cath with PCI

[QUOTE="choppe, post: 219768, member: 35509"]Sorry, I didn't give the detail on that part. Under the heading INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND it says: "IVUS showed that the distal left anterior descending m... [ Read More ]

LH cath with PCI

[QUOTE="choppe, post: 219651, member: 35509"]Yes, it does! Thanks. Just to clarify, is it okay to bill the 93454-59 with a 92980 or 92995 after the 93458 has already been done? Here's one example: ... [ Read More ]

LH cath with PCI

[QUOTE="choppe, post: 219594, member: 35509"]Can someone please explain if and when it would be appropriate to use modifier -59 with a LH cath 93458 done by one physician in a group when a second phys... [ Read More ]

29826 Confusion

[QUOTE="choppe, post: 212248, member: 35509"]I have a similar situation, but it includes a biceps tenodesis. Is it appropriate to bill all of these codes together? PROCEDURES: Right shoulder arthros... [ Read More ]

Help! bypass

I have a dr who wants to do a carotid-contralateral carotid using a synthetic graft. what code would you use? I can only find 35509 but that is using a vein graft. Help please we need to get an auth b... [ Read More ]

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