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Wiki broken port a cath retrieval via heart cath

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One of my cardiologists performed a heart cath (via the subclavian and the groin) in order to retrieve a broken piece of a port-a-cath that had floated into the atrium and then lodged in the ventricle. We have never had to code this procedure before; and I am looking at 37197. He states that he had go through both locations simultaneously to guide the piece out of the ventricle and out of the body. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
 
betsyraines said:
One of my cardiologists performed a heart cath (via the subclavian and the groin) in order to retrieve a broken piece of a port-a-cath that had floated into the atrium and then lodged in the ventricle. We have never had to code this procedure before; and I am looking at 37197. He states that he had go through both locations simultaneously to guide the piece out of the ventricle and out of the body. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
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37197 is the code you want for foreign body retrieval.
HTH,
Jim Pawloski, CIRCC
 
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