CPT^® 36483, Under Endovascular Ablation Therapy of Incompetent Extremity Veins

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 36483 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endovascular Ablation Therapy of Incompetent Extremity Veins.

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In this add–on procedure, the provider inserts a chemical adhesive through a catheter into an incompetent vein in an extremity to ablate the vein. The provider performs this procedure to ablate subsequent veins in the same session as ablation of the initial vein.

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