• If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ & read the forum rules. To view all forums, post or create a new thread, you must be an AAPC Member. If you are a member and have already registered for member area and forum access, you can log in by clicking here. If you've forgotten the password it can be reset on our sign in section by entering your registered Email Address or Username here. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below..

Wiki Apheresis Catheter Placement

Create Wiki
D

djrice86

Guest
Messages
16
Location
Annapolis, MD
Best answers
0
The catheter is an apheresis catheter which was apparently inserted into the right femoral vein and the tip resides in the right common iliac vein, confirmed by fluoroscopy. I am only familiar with central venous catheterizations and PICC line insertions, which usually terminate in the right atrium. Can anyone advise on how to code the procedure I described, which does not terminate in the the atrium, but rather iliac vein?

---------------------

Also, do dual-lumen catheters require two codes? For example, when one terminates in the superior vena cava and other in the atrial junction?

Thanks
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top