A5 year-old patient is experiencing atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. the anesthesia department is called to insert a nontunneled central venous (cv) catheter. what cpt® code is reported?

36556

Explanation:

CTP is a set of codes used to refer medical procedures, diseases, treatments, types of anesthesia, medical applications, injections, among other health information. These codes help the communication between professionals because it speeds up the process of information exchange among them, besides establishing a universal language, which allows the patient to be attended in any region.

In the case of the above question, the CTP code that would be displayed would be 36556 which refers to the insertion of the central venous catheter.

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