tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2005 Issue 6

Process of Elimination Helps You to Find the Proper Catheter and Line Placement Code

Pay attention to procedure description, not brand names, when identifying venous access devicesIf you're trying to sort through the 13 codes that describe placement of venous access devices (36555-36571), ask yourself five questions to ensure coding success. 1. One Access Point or Two? In the (relatively uncommon) case when the surgeon inserts a tunneled CVA device requiring two catheters with two different access sites (also known as a Tesio catheter), you can narrow your code selection to just two codes, 36565 and 36566, says Laureen Jandroep, OTR, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H, CCS, director and senior instructor for CRN Institute, an...

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