Coding Selective and Non Selective Catheter Placement of Lower Extremity

Coding Selective and Non Selective Catheter Placement of Lower Extremity

Selective versus Non Selective Catheter Placement There are two types of vascular catheter placements: Non-selective and Selective Non-selective catheter placement is any of the following: Placement of a catheter or intra-catheter into the access vessel and leaving it in that vessel, Advancement of the catheter more centrally in the same access vessel, or advancement of the catheter from the access vessel into the aorta. Even if the catheter is advanced more centrally or into the aorta it is still designated as a non-selective catheter placement as the catheter never diverts…

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