Arterial Mechanical Thrombectomy Procedures CPT® Code range 37184- 37186

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Transcatheter Procedures on Arteries and Veins 37184-37186 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 37184- 37186
Section 37184-37186
Arterial Mechanical Thrombectomy Procedures
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[QUOTE="Jim Pawloski, post: 504881, member: 67434"] When a stent is placed first and a clot breaks off and goes down stream and possible occlusion occurs. Then the doctor chases after the clot and rem... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="mk2001, post: 504839, member: 77092"] Would it be 37184 and 37221? Because of the statements, "After we were done with our thrombectomy, we then proceeded to examine the left external iliac st... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="such78, post: 504832, member: 502881"] 1.Left external iliac stent occlusion. 2.History of infrarenal aortic aneurysm and left common iliac aneurysm. 3.Left lower extremity claudication. NAME... [ Read More ]
Procedure: 1. Abdominal aortagram 2. Right lower extremity Arteriogram 3. Selective third order catheter placement in right ATA via left femoral artery access 4. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous acc... [ Read More ]
The previous reply threw me off when i saw one of these for the first time recently on a report. I went with 37184 and 37185 because the thrombectomy was performed BEFORE the PCI. I now see that was n... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="Robbin109, post: 477000, member: 31747"] Pt gets a typical Axillary to femoral bypass with PTFE and then after the bypass was placed there was no pulse in the left posterior tibial artery. O... [ Read More ]
Pt gets a typical Axillary to femoral bypass with PTFE and then after the bypass was placed there was no pulse in the left posterior tibial artery. Open approach and fogarty embolectoomy catheter wa... [ Read More ]
If there was no incision, then you cannot bill 35355. Without the note, it is hard to properly direct you. You may want to look at codes 37184-37186 OR 37220-37227 as those are most likely the ... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="j.monday7814, post: 346671, member: 191930"]sorry I didn't break it all down for you in my first response, hopefully this will clear up some confusion... 37184-37185 is primary mechanical thr... [ Read More ]
sorry I didn't break it all down for you in my first response, hopefully this will clear up some confusion... 37184-37185 is primary mechanical thrombectomy, so it cannot be billed as a secondary int... [ Read More ]