CPT^® 35572, Under Vein Bypass Graft Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 35572 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Vein Bypass Graft Procedures.

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In this add–on procedure, the provider harvests a single femoropopliteal vein to perform a vascular reconstruction procedure on areas such as the aorta, vena cava, coronary or peripheral arteries.

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Please help with this op note on AV Fistula's

I would use the 36832 as provided by the physician and also look at code 35572 for the harvesting of the vein. Both procedures can be reported separately if outside of CABG. Hope this helps :)... [ Read More ]

Vein Harvest

Thank! I kinda had this question thrown at me and I'm not a Cardiothoracic coder :) It seems you can bill 33508 for endovascular harvest of the saphenous vein , but the open technique it included??... [ Read More ]

Cabg-I'm coding CABG's

CABG coding rules Here are the codes: 33510-33516 Venous only 33533-33536 Arterial with or without veins +33517-33523 venous add on codes to be used with 33533-33536 for combined A-V grafting. Here a... [ Read More ]

Vein Harvesting

[QUOTE="m_darling, post: 213448, member: 200"]Our cardiovascular surgeons are having our PA's perform the vein harvesting at the time of bypass surgery. How are practices billing Medicare for codes 3... [ Read More ]

Vein Harvesting

Our cardiovascular surgeons are having our PA's perform the vein harvesting at the time of bypass surgery. How are practices billing Medicare for codes 33508 and 35572 when the PA is doing the harves... [ Read More ]

Please help with bypass graft coding

This is what I came up with: [B]so at this time I made a decision to stent this external iliac artery just distal to the internal iliac artery.[/B] 37221 (Revascularization, endovascular, open or pe... [ Read More ]

saphenous vein harvest, open technique

I am trying to code a CABG where the physician harvests the saphenous vein with an open technique. The only code I could find was 35572....but this CPT specifies femoropopliteal vein. Any other sugges... [ Read More ]

Need Coding Help??

I would definately bill the harvesting but I would use 37799 (it is an unlisted) because 35572 cannot be used with a revision, 36832, according to CPT notes.... [ Read More ]

Need Coding Help??

I do Outpt Coding for a physicains office. I have a Mercy Care (AHCCCS) pt.. Procedure: Harvesting of right greater saphenous vein. Reversed interposition vein graft to left br... [ Read More ]

CABG Question

If the physician states that he performed an open lower extremity vein harvest and did not specify that its saphenous vein graft and he didn't really state from a femoropopliteal vein, would it be app... [ Read More ]

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