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[ablythe]

How do you code for cath placement for selective catheterization of the right superior, middle and inferior pulmonary veins? And is the S&I 75746?

Thanks!
Allison

 

[Jim Pawloski]

How do you code for cath placement for selective catheterization of the right superior, middle and inferior pulmonary veins? And is the S&I 75746?

Thanks!
Allison

You have 36015 for the catheter placement, and 75741 - Unilateral Pulmonary Artery. The blood is going away from the heart, so that vessel is an artery. Pulmonary veins bring the blood back from the lungs to the heart.
HTH,
Jim Pawloski, R.T.(CV), CIRCC