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Capture Internal Carotid Stenting Surgery With These Codes

Question: I have a request to schedule surgery for the stenting of right internal carotid artery following a diagnosis of Dissection of RT ICA. What code(s) should I use to code the surgery? California Subscriber Answer You can report the internal carotid artery (ICA) stent with either CPT® code 37215 (Transcatheter placement of intravascular stent(s), cervical carotid artery, open or [...]
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