Wiki Thrombectomy

[KTOWNSEL]

When a thrombectomy is done without a cath, what is the appropriate code to us? Would I need to use 37799 or 93799?

 

[Jim Pawloski]

When a thrombectomy is done without a cath, what is the appropriate code to us? Would I need to use 37799 or 93799?

Are you looking at open or percutaneous thrombectomy, and of what vessel. For percutaneous of a artery non-coronary, use 37184-86 and for the coronary vessel use 92973. My question is for percutaneous method, how can a thrombectomy be done without some kind of visualization of the vessle?

Thanks,
Jim Pawloski CIRCC, R.T.(CV)

 

[KTOWNSEL]

I apologize, I meant without a stent. How would we code a thrombectomy without PTCA/Stent? Thanks for your help.

 

[dpeoples]

I apologize, I meant without a stent. How would we code a thrombectomy without PTCA/Stent? Thanks for your help.

Where? Was it venous or arterial? coronary or non-coronary?