Unlock the full potential of your medical coding capabilities with the CPT® Advanced Coding Pack from the American Medical Association (AMA). Designed for professional medical coders, auditors, and billers like you, this comprehensive suite of resources provides everything you need to navigate the complexities of the CPT code set with confidence and precision.
Advanced Coding Pack includes:
CPT Assistant - Newsletter with official education and guidance
CPT Knowledge Base - Commonly asked coding questions answered by the experts
CPT Vignettes - Comprehensive clinical examples.
Add to your Find-A-Code subscription for $300 / person
AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 1; Ask the Editor
Embolization of Superior Hypophyseal Aneurysm Using Stent-Assisted Coil
A 58-year-old female presented with right superior hypophyseal aneurysm and was taken to interventional radiology for stent assisted coil embolization of the aneurysm. Provider documentation states that a catheter was used to deploy a stent in the supraclinoid internal carotid artery across the neck of the aneurysm, and then coils were introduced through the catheter into the aneurysm. What is the correct code for the embolization? Is a separate code assigned for the stent?
...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .
The official AHA publication for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines and advice
Current newsletters added each quarter
Full Archives - over 3100 articles
ALL years/issues back to 1984 organized by year and issue
Includes ICD-10-CM/PCS Articles since 2013
Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
Code Information pages link back to related articles
View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
Quick, Current, Complete - www.findacode.com