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CPT® 34111, Under Arterial Embolectomy/Thrombectomy Procedures, With or Without Catheter

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 34111 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Arterial Embolectomy/Thrombectomy Procedures, With or Without Catheter.

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In this procedure, the provider makes an incision in the arm and divides the vessel and soft tissues. He opens the radial or ulnar artery and clears the blockage with or without using a catheter.

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vascular help please
From looking at the procedure list in detail and skimming through the report, I would code it as 34201,RT 34203,50,51 35371,LT,XU,51 34111,LT,51 34101,LT,51 27602,RT,51 Per Dr. Z, if an endarterectom... [ Read More ]
vascular help please
Procedure list in detail: 1. Bilateral iliofemoral embolectomy through bilateral femoral artery exposure 2. Left common femoral artery thromboendarterectomy with patch angioplasty 3. Bilateral poplite... [ Read More ]
Can someone help code this Thromboendarterectomy>
Your title states Thromboendaterectomy but the documentation says Thromboembolectomy. These are different procedures. The embolectomy of the brachial/subclavian/axillary look at 34101. The ulnar embol... [ Read More ]
34101 vs 34111
Patient had distal brachial embolus, entire radial and ulnar embolus. The doctor did an embolectomy of the brachial, radial and ulnar artery through one incision. Can he bill for both cpt codes 34101 ... [ Read More ]
Thrombectomy?
Did the provider identify vessel? There is 34101 and 34111 to look at as well.... [ Read More ]
Embolectomy percutaneous
[QUOTE="cfisher829, post: 79108, member: 56849"]If procedure code 34111 is done NOT by arm incision but percutaneous thru a vessel should modidifer 52 to added?[/QUOTE] Depending on whether embolectom... [ Read More ]
Embolectomy percutaneous
If procedure code 34111 is done NOT by arm incision but percutaneous thru a vessel should modidifer 52 to added?... [ Read More ]
Radial and ulnar thromboembolectomy
Our physician performed a thromboembolectomy (procedure code 34111) on a patient. He removed clots from the patient's radial and ulnar arteries. This code reads radial or ulnar. We are trying to decid... [ Read More ]
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