Billing and Coding: Endovascular Repair of Aortic and/or Iliac Aneurysms

Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic and/or iliac artery aneurysms is covered when reported with the specified endograft CPT codes (primary coverage: 34701-34708), with acute rupture and contained/chronic rupture having distinct code sets. Related add-on, exposure, catheterization, extension, and iliac-branched endograft codes (e.g., 34709, 34717/34718, 34812, 34820, 34710/34711) have specific reporting rules, frequency limits (e.g., 34709 once per vessel, 34717 once per side), and modifier requirements; nonselective catheterization and intraprocedural imaging within the treatment zone are included in the endograft codes and are not separately reportable.

"Endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic and/or iliac artery aneurysm is covered when billed with CPT codes 34701-34708."

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