00.55 Insertion of drug-eluting peripheral vessel stent(s)
Endograft(s)
Endovascular graft(s)
Stent grafts
Code also any:
angioplasty or atherectomy of other non-coronary vessel(s) (39.50)
number of vascular stents inserted (00.45-00.48)
number of vessels treated (00.40-00.43)
procedure on vessel bifurcation (00.44)
Excludes:
drug-coated peripheral stents, e.g., heparin coated (39.90)
insertion of cerebrovascular stent(s) (00.63-00.65)
insertion of drug-eluting coronary artery stent (36.07)
insertion of non-drug-eluting stent(s):
coronary artery (36.06)
peripheral vessel (39.90)
that for aneurysm repair (39.71 - 39.79)