CPT^® 36470, Under Sclerotherapy of Telangiectasia and Incompetent Veins

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 36470 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Sclerotherapy of Telangiectasia and Incompetent Veins.

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The provider injects a sclerosing solution into one vein, most commonly to treat a varicose vein. It may be used to treat other vascular malformations except spider veins (telangiectasia).

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BILLING 36471 WITH J3490

According to an old Medicare national policy that I found: [I]When reporting sclerotherapy procedures performed on opposite legs, report CPT code 36470 one vein) or 36471 (multiple veins) on separate... [ Read More ]

Documentation Example needed 36465 36470 36471 37241 sclerotherapy transcatheter embolization varithena

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Please help. I am new to radiology coding Sclerotherapy 36465 ect

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Vascular Injection procedures cpt 36002 cpt 36471 vascular coding vascular injections

If you are familiar with vascular coding, any help will be greatly appreciated. Does CPT 36002 contain the reimbursement for Thrombin or it must be reported separately as CPT J3490? Also, the same sc... [ Read More ]

2018 new/revised cpt code list

CPT codes and descriptors are copyright the American Medical Association. Here is a list of the changes by CPT code only. Change Code Date Added 0001U 1/1/2018 Added 0002U 1/1/2018 Added 000... [ Read More ]

36470

I checked the Medicare MUE tables, and the MUE for 36470 is 1 for each date of service. CPT 36470 permits billing with a modifier 50 per the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule so my suggestion would be ... [ Read More ]

36470

ultrasound guided injection compression of the right below the knee knee ultrasound guided compression sclerotherapy of the left below the knee i coded 36470 RT 36470 LT medicare is denig... [ Read More ]

Global Modifier question

We had a pt that had a procedure CPT code 36470 RT, 37765 RT, 76942 dx I83.811 on 10/20/2016. At that time after the doctor talked with the pt they decided that her left leg probably needed treatment ... [ Read More ]

pain management 64450 does it include 77002

[QUOTE="vajohnson1213, post: 382760, member: 36470"]Can I bill 64450 with 77002 or is it bundled. I can't seem to find information on this. Thanks Vickie[/QUOTE] Per NCCI Edits, 77002 is included wit... [ Read More ]

Bilateral Sclerotherapy

Just a quick follow up to my own question - After some research and couple of phone calls to my MAC (Noridian) I was lucky to get a phone rep who was very helpful. The results: The 36470 is on th... [ Read More ]

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