CPT Code 36415

Data Updated for Q4 2018

CPT Code: 36415

Description: Collection of venous blood by venipuncture

Status Code

X
Statutory Exclusion. These codes represent an item or service that is not in the statutory definition of “physician services” for fee schedule payment purposes. No RVUS or payment amounts are shown for these codes,


Global Days

XXX
The global concept does not apply to the code.


Medicare RUVs and Fees

Work RVU – 0.00
Malpractice RVU – 0.00
Facility RVU – 0.00
Non-Facility RVU – 0.00
Facility Total RVU – 0.00
Non-Facility Total RVU – 0.00

Medicare National Facility Total Payment – $0
Medicare National Non-Facility Total Payment – $0


Bundling Information

Includes

36591, 36592, 99211


Included In

0232T, 0481T, 99291, 99293, 99294, 99295, 99296, 99298, 99299, 99300, 99466, 99467, 99468, 99469, 99471, 99472, 99475, 99476, 99477, 99478, 99479, 99480, 99485, 99486


Mutually Exclusive

G0471


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Related CPT Codes

CPT Code Description
36400 Venipuncture, younger than age 3 years, necessitating the skill of a physician or other qualified health care professional, not to be used for routine venipuncture; femoral or jugular vein
36400 Venipuncture, younger than age 3 years, necessitating the skill of a physician or other qualified health care professional, not to be used for routine venipuncture; femoral or jugular vein
36405 Venipuncture, younger than age 3 years, necessitating the skill of a physician or other qualified health care professional, not to be used for routine venipuncture; scalp vein
36406 Venipuncture, younger than age 3 years, necessitating the skill of a physician or other qualified health care professional, not to be used for routine venipuncture; other vein
36410 Venipuncture, age 3 years or older, necessitating the skill of a physician or other qualified health care professional (separate procedure), for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes (not to be used for routine venipuncture)
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture
36416 Collection of capillary blood specimen (eg, finger, heel, ear stick)
36420 Venipuncture, cutdown; younger than age 1 year
36425 Venipuncture, cutdown; age 1 or over
36430 Transfusion, blood or blood components
36440 Push transfusion, blood, 2 years or younger
36450 Exchange transfusion, blood; newborn
36455 Exchange transfusion, blood; other than newborn
36456 Partial exchange transfusion, blood, plasma or crystalloid necessitating the skill of a physician or other qualified health care professional, newborn
36460 Transfusion, intrauterine, fetal
36465 Injection of non-compounded foam sclerosant with ultrasound compression maneuvers to guide dispersion of the injectate, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring; single incompetent extremity truncal vein (eg, great saphenous vein, accessory saphenous vein)
36466 Injection of non-compounded foam sclerosant with ultrasound compression maneuvers to guide dispersion of the injectate, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring; multiple incompetent truncal veins (eg, great saphenous vein, accessory saphenous vein), same leg
36468 Injection(s) of sclerosant for spider veins (telangiectasia), limb or trunk
36470 Injection of sclerosant; single incompetent vein (other than telangiectasia)
36471 Injection of sclerosant; multiple incompetent veins (other than telangiectasia), same leg
36473 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, mechanochemical; first vein treated
36474 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, mechanochemical; subsequent vein(s) treated in a single extremity, each through separate access sites (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
36475 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, radiofrequency; first vein treated
36476 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, radiofrequency; subsequent vein(s) treated in a single extremity, each through separate access sites (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
36478 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, laser; first vein treated
36479 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous, laser; subsequent vein(s) treated in a single extremity, each through separate access sites (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
36481 Percutaneous portal vein catheterization by any method
36482 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, by transcatheter delivery of a chemical adhesive (eg, cyanoacrylate) remote from the access site, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous; first vein treated
36483 Endovenous ablation therapy of incompetent vein, extremity, by transcatheter delivery of a chemical adhesive (eg, cyanoacrylate) remote from the access site, inclusive of all imaging guidance and monitoring, percutaneous; subsequent vein(s) treated in a single extremity, each through separate access sites (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)


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