CPT^® 35700, Under Repair, Excision, Exploration, Revision Procedures on Arteries and Veins

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 35700 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Excision, Exploration, Revision Procedures on Arteries and Veins.

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In this procedure, the provider reoperates on an arterial bypass graft more than a month after the initial procedure to place the graft. This service is done to open a stricture in a graft or to replace the graft that bypasses around a damaged or obstructed portion of an artery. He uses this code to report the additional work necessary to reaccess and repair or replace a graft.

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Anyone billing for upper extremity vein harvest?

One of my vascular surgeons billed the following codes: 35566 - bypass graft, with vein; femoral-anterior tibial, posterior tibial, peroneal artery or other distal vessels 35500 - Harvest of upper ex... [ Read More ]

Help-not good at vascular

HI , Take a look at 35666. What procedure did the surgeon state he performed? I am not sure but it sounds like he went from Fem to tibial area. Also if this is a redo you may want to look at 35700.... [ Read More ]

Please help, never did one of these before

Hi, Can someone please help me figure out the CPT codes for this? I usually code interventional radiology, but have been asked to do this. I'm kind of lost. Some codes that I thought might be possi... [ Read More ]

PLEASE help!! Needs to be coded today

Thank you for your replies. I started out thinking of using 35876 too, but when I looked at the description of the procedure in the Coder's Desk Reference for procedures, it doesn't quite fit. That co... [ Read More ]

cpt code for a revision of popliteal

Post the op report. I know you can bill for a 35700 which a re-op of bypass, but I would need to see exactly what he did. -jenn... [ Read More ]

Vascular Codes

Does anyone know that if I were to bill 35656 on the right and then 35656 and 35700 for the left, with the insurance being Medicare, will I be getting a multiple procedure discount or will they be pai... [ Read More ]

Help!

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Help!

I billed a 15777 and Medicare denied because it did not have a primary code for it. I billed 35556, 35700, and 11043 with it but they are telling me that those codesdo not work for 15777. Can anyone t... [ Read More ]

Redo left to right fem-fem crossover graft

Would appreciate any thoughts on the following: Doc makes bilateral groin incisions and explores previous graft, creates a suprapubic tunnel and then clamps the left side. Fem-fem graft is disconnecte... [ Read More ]

35700 more than once??

I agree. I would use 35700 again. Just be sure to add the modifier78 to the end, to indicate that although this code has been previously reported, you are not double coding, but indeed identifying a ... [ Read More ]

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