A surgeon performs a percutaneous transluminal angioplasty on the left femoral-popliteal artery for a patient with peripheral artery disease.
Identify the terms used to look up the code selection in the Alphabetic Index. Assign CPT codes to the cases. If applicable, append CPT/HCPCS Level II modifiers.
Index:
Angioplasty, Popliteal Artery, Intraoperative (Note that femoral artery leads to the same code.)
Code(s):
37224-LT Revascularization, endovascular, open or percutaneous, femoral, popliteal artery(s), unilateral; with transluminal angioplasty
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