tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2004 Issue 2

Use Tunnel Vision for Venous Access Codes

Focus on central lines to avoid CPT 2004 confusion The slew of new CPT codes for venous access in 2004 will throw you for a loop if you're unfamiliar with the details of the procedures. But you may not need to go through that much trouble - most emergency departments perform only a few of the services regularly. Miss the Forest for the Trees CPT has rewritten the entire section on central venous access procedures, which now clarifies and distinguishes between insertion, repair, revision, removal and imaging. The only codes you should concentrate on, though, are two of the...

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