00.61 Percutaneous angioplasty or atherectomy of precerebral (extracranial) vessel(s)
Basilar
Carotid
Vertebral
Code also any:
injection or infusion of thrombolytic agent (99.10)
number of vascular stents inserted (00.45-00.48)
number of vessels treated (00.40-00.43)
percutaneous insertion of carotid artery stent(s) (00.63)
percutaneous insertion of other precerebral artery stent(s) (00.64)
procedure on vessel bifurcation (00.44)
Excludes:
angioplasty or atherectomy of other non-coronary vessel(s) (39.50)
removal of cerebrovascular obstruction of vessel(s) by open approach (38.01-38.02, 38.11-38.12, 38.31-38.32, 38.41-38.42)