CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 15, 2015

My physician performs a venipuncture for a patient after a previous attempt by an RN to access the vessel was unsuccessful. Should code 36410 (REVISED IN 2013), Venipuncture, child age 3 years or older,necessitating physicians skill (separate procedure), for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes (not to be used for routine venipuncture) be used to identify this service?

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