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CPT® 2014:

Turn to 37217 for Retrograde Carotid or Innominate Stent Placement

Published on Thu Oct 10, 2013

Radiological supervision and interpretation is included, too. CPT® 2014 has introduced a new code to report transcatheter stent placement in either the intrathoracic common carotid artery or innominate artery using an open cervical carotid approach. A major feature of this code is that it is specific to retrograde treatment, which means going against the flow of blood in the vessel. [...]
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