Clinical Practice

Coding Q&A: Reporting diagnostic angiography

When is it appropriate to report diagnostic angiography in addition to an intervention?

Minimizing delays from lung cancer diagnosis to treatment

Time between lung cancer diagnosis and treatment is a critical challenge in oncology care. Delay in treatment results in worse clinical outcomes. A new multidisciplinary model out of Dayton VA Medical Center has found a way to bridge the gaps.

Invisible risks, visible solutions

Advancing radiation safety in IR

New Category III codes for July 2026

Coding for histotripsy of malignant pancreatic tissue and surface mesh representations and applications.

High-impact IR program building

Dr. Abhishek Kumar's Y-90 program has become the highest-volume radioembolization program in New Jersey. Here's how he did it.

Coding Q&A: Using a pressure-directed catheter for radioembolization of a hepatic tumor

Q: When an interventional radiologist uses a pressure-directed catheter for radioembolization of a hepatic tumor in the hospital outpatient setting, does this change the coding reported by the physician, i.e., does the physician report HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System) codes C1982 and C9797?

E/M coding

Optimizing and capturing the full scope of IR

Coding Q&A: New and revised codes for 2026

Key additions and revisions to the 2026 AMA CPT® Professional include restructuring of the lower extremity endovascular revascularization codes, new Category I codes for hepatic and prostate irreversible electroporation (IRE), updated codes for sacroiliac joint arthrodesis and endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta, and expansion of prostate biopsy coding.

What kind of guideline should you use?

Luke Wilkins, MD, FSIR, the councilor of the Guidelines and Statements division, discusses the various document types, how they’re developed and how they can best inform IR therapies and practices.

The trouble with triage

Establishing a standardized triage protocol

Building a pAVF program

SIR’s Renal and Genitourinary Clinical Specialty Council has established a society-based consensus recommendations for the creation and maturation of pAVFs for hemodialysis access.

Coding Q&A: Coding for radioembolization of hepatic tumors

Radioembolization of a hepatic tumor and percutaneous endoscopic gallstone removal

The benefits of IR code simulation

Interventional radiology team members at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY, have implemented a cardiac arrest model and code simulation to improve timing, accuracy and staff comfort.

Coding Q&A: Understanding new CAT I codes

What are the new Category I codes relevant to interventional radiology?

Coding Q&A: Coding for thoracic duct cannulation

How do I report a thoracic duct cannulation with subsequent catheterization and embolization when a chyle leak is seen at the time of a lymphangiogram?

Coding Q&A: Coding for intraprocedural computed tomography

What code should be reported for x-ray-based cross-sectional imaging (e.g., cone beam CT, DynaCT, 3DCT, spin CT) performed during a hepatic arterial embolization procedure?

Coding Q&A: CPT coding changes for 2024

What changes to expect for 2024 coding

Practice planning

Considerations for setting up a new IR practice

Coding Q&A: What is a Category III CPT® code and should you be using them?

What is a Category III CPT® code and should you be using them?

Dialing in

Utilizing telehealth to expand the reach of small or rural IR practices

Coding Q&A: How to code for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)

How to code for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)

Coding Q&A: Coding for hemodialysis access interventions

Coding for percutaneous AVF creation for hemodialysis access and AVF access banding for flow reduction in the setting of access-associated steal syndrome

Genicular artery embolization

The future standard of care for inflammatory conditions

Building bridges

A collaborative friendship between interventional radiology, vascular surgery and ultrasound technicians is opening new doors to what is possible in the area of limb salvage.

A coalition of the willing

Akhilesh K. Sista, MD, FSIR, and James Horowitz, MD, are members of the NYU Langone pulmonary embolism response team (PERT), a model that brings interventional radiology, pulmonology and cardiac surgery together to improve outcomes for patients with pulmonary embolisms

Working for a vascular surgery group

How one IR built a unique practice model

Coding Q&A: GAE and diagnostic angiography

Covers how to code geniculate artery embolization (GAE) when it's done for osteoarthritis and when it's done for hemarthrosis. Also explains what qualifies as diagnostic angiography and how that differs from routine angiography.

Coding Q&A: Split-visit evaluation and management billing

Split-visit evaluation and management billing

The future of maternal care

Like with any other equivalent trauma, when a patient begins to hemorrhage, there should be a built-in response team that can offer the patient the best care for her specific situation.