Question:
When reporting coronary intervention for an acute myocardial infarction, when is it appropriate to assign code 92941 or C9606, and what types of procedures and vessels are included in these codes?
Answer:
Code 92941, or C9606, describes ANY combination of atherectomy, stenting, and angioplasty within a graft or major coronary artery (left main, LAD, LCX, RCA, ramus intermedius) to treat an acute presentation of a total occlusion (TO) or subtotal occlusion (STO) lesion when the patient is having a myocardial infarction.