CPT^® 36625, Under Arterial Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 36625 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Arterial Procedures.

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In this procedure, the provider makes an incision in the skin to locate the artery and then inserts a catheter into the artery. He uses this catheter for the purpose of sampling, transfusion, or continuous real time blood pressure and heart rate monitoring.

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Cut downs during interventions

[QUOTE="olister2001@yahoo.com, post: 451819, member: 407874"]HI, I'm learning IR and I have a question about cut downs during an intervention, when can you code for a cut down? Would I use 36625? Th... [ Read More ]

Cut downs during interventions

HI, I'm learning IR and I have a question about cut downs during an intervention, when can you code for a cut down? Would I use 36625? The Physician performed a brachial artery cut down and repair f... [ Read More ]

Please help aaa

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Art Line billed with U/S guidance

Hi pleckD CPT 76937 is an add on code. If you check primary CPTs for ultrasound code 76937, can find 36620 only. so that you can bill 76937 only with if A line placed percutaneously not for open proc... [ Read More ]

billing for abg

[b]billing for abg (during anesthesia)[/b] Nowadays, continuous intra-arterial blood gas monitoring (CIBM) systems are often used. So 36600 may not be the appropriate code. Per CPT anesthesia guide... [ Read More ]

TVAR Coding

Good Morning. We recently started to perform TVAR procedures. I am hoping someone who is already doing these can assist in a question I have regarding femoral cutdown. The manufacturer is recommend... [ Read More ]

Anterior Tibial cutdown

[b]Tibial cutdown[/b] If you look at the descriptor for 36625, it states arterial catheterization for sampling, monitoring or transfusion (percutaneous 36620, cutdown 36625). If the cutdown was not ... [ Read More ]

Anterior Tibial cutdown

A patient with severe PVD and stent/atherecomies done in the Fem/Pop & Tibial/Peroneal Territories. He then did a cut down at the Anterior tibial artery and did a selective steroids dorsalis pedis ... [ Read More ]

Stummped on catheter

[b]Arterial Catheter[/b] Try 36620 for percutaneous or 36625 for cutdown approach. These are for sampling, monitoring or transfusion.... [ Read More ]

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