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CPT® 36479, Under Endovascular Ablation Therapy of Incompetent Extremity Veins

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 36479 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endovascular Ablation Therapy of Incompetent Extremity Veins.

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In this add–on procedure the provider inserts a specially designed laser ablation catheter probe through the skin and destroys the wall of a diseased vein in a single extremity. The provider performs this procedure to ablate subsequent veins in the same session as ablation of the initial vein.

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varicose vein coding
You are correct. The add on code 36479 (second and subsequent veins) can not be billed in addition to the code for the first vein (36478) if only one vein was treated. The medical documentation need... [ Read More ]
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My insurance company gets a ton of requests for vein procedures, in the office setting and in interventional suites, everywhere. Many of our providers try to work the bill for a higher payment. My que... [ Read More ]
saphenous vein ablation with multiple punctures
If you use code 36478 for ablation therapy on a great saphenous vein and the doctor does multiple punctures on the same vein, is this considered one vein or two? Could you use code 36479 because of t... [ Read More ]
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36478/36479 can not be reported in conjunction with codes 93970/93971 in the same surgical field.... [ Read More ]
Evlt's
I have a ? on the Endovenous ablation therapy of imcompetent vein? We have a doctor that want's to bill the 36478/36479 at the same time as the 93970/93971 ( Duplex scan of extremity of veins) he has... [ Read More ]
Endovenous ablation therapy - different techniques
You can't if they are in the [I]same surgical field[/I]. I've never had a report where both techniques were used; my physician decide on one or the other, and from there, decide to treat additional ... [ Read More ]
Clari-vein mechanicochemical ablation
I came across some updated information on this code and wanted to share it here: CPT Asst - August 2014 page 14 Frequently Asked Questions:Surgery: Cardiovascular Question: Is CPT code 37241 approp... [ Read More ]
New Code 37241
[QUOTE="Jim Pawloski, post: 306378, member: 67434"]Not this code, you are using codes 36468-36479 for varicose veins. HTH, Jim Pawloski, CIRCC[/QUOTE] I agree with Jim. This code (37241) should not b... [ Read More ]
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