Question

How would these services be reported with CPT codes?

1. A physician performs an open transluminal balloon angioplasty of both the left and right iliac artery. How should this service be reported?
2. A radiologist provides radiologic supervision and interpretation for a venous percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA). How should the radiologist’s professional services be reported?
3. A physician inserts a permanent pacemaker pulse generator and an electrode in the right ventricle transvenously. During the same session, the physician also places a transvenous electrode in the left ventricle. How should these services be reported?

Answer 1

The CPT codes are basically coding transcripts to be intrepreted for billing purposes in hospitals. The CPT codes in the scenarios are as follows-

●37249 for angioplasty.

●37230 , 37231

●37231