CPT^® 37224, Under Endovascular Revascularization

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 37224 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endovascular Revascularization.

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In this procedure, the provider restores the blood supply in a narrowed or blocked unilateral femoral or popliteal artery through an endovascular, open or percutaneous approach. He performs this procedure with a transluminal angioplasty, a surgical procedure in which the provider places a balloon catheter at the site of occlusion, or blockage, in the blood vessel and inflates the balloon to expand the lumen of the vessel.

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