CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 15, 2015

Codes 92980 (DELETED IN 2013) and 92981 (DELETED IN 2013) contain language that indicates that performance of therapeutic intervention is included as part of the stent placement procedures and is not separately reported when using these codes.My physician performs an angioplasty for the common femoral artery before placing the stent. Does the stent placement for a noncoronary vessel include therapeutic intervention as indicated for coronary stent placement?

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