Hi! I am hoping that some one can give me some in-put on this!
Our physician is doing a venous ablation of varicose veins (36478) in office. He his unable to access the vein and attempts this mutliple times. He then does access the vein but unable to thread the guidewire so the procedure is terminated. This is all done under ultrasound. We have had several opinions on how to code this with one being 36478-53. I am not comfortable with this and am hoping that someone can HELP with this.
Thank you!!
Our physician is doing a venous ablation of varicose veins (36478) in office. He his unable to access the vein and attempts this mutliple times. He then does access the vein but unable to thread the guidewire so the procedure is terminated. This is all done under ultrasound. We have had several opinions on how to code this with one being 36478-53. I am not comfortable with this and am hoping that someone can HELP with this.
Thank you!!