Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The CPT code revisions in 2013 were part of a periodic five-year review of codes. Some psychotherapy codes changed numbers, for example 90806 changed to 90834 for individual psychotherapy of a similar duration. Add-on codes were created for the complexity of communication about procedures.
This procedure is long, technically difficult, and currently only performed in a few centers. When the aneurysm begins above the renal arteries, neither fenestrated endografts nor "EndoAnchoring" of an infrarenal endograft is useful (an open surgical repair may be necessary). Alternatively, a "branched" endograft may be used.
Endovascular coiling is an endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysms and bleeding throughout the body. The procedure reduces blood circulation to an aneurysm or blood vessel through the implantation of detachable platinum wires, with the clinician inserting one or more into the blood vessel or aneurysm until it is determined that blood flow is no longer occurring within the space.
Embolization: Placement of a metallic coil or embolic substance (gel-foam, poly-vinyl alcohol) to block blood through to a blood vessel, either to stop bleeding or decrease blood flow to a target organ or tissue. [7] Uterine artery embolization (UAE) or uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) Prostate artery embolization (PAE)
The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS, often pronounced by its acronym as "hick picks") is a set of health care procedure codes based on the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). [1]
Embolization refers to the passage and lodging of an embolus within the bloodstream. It may be of natural origin ( pathological ), in which sense it is also called embolism , for example a pulmonary embolism ; or it may be artificially induced ( therapeutic ), as a hemostatic treatment for bleeding or as a treatment for some types of cancer by ...
Such alternatives include renal embolization [11] for those who are poor candidates for surgery, or partial nephrectomy if possible. [citation needed] Occasionally renal cell cancers can involve adjacent organs, including the inferior vena cava (IVC), the colon, the pancreas or the liver. If the cancer has not spread to distant sites, it may be ...
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.