Coding Thrombolysis Infusion and Stent

Question:

A patient with a clot in the femoral artery had overnight infusion of thrombolytics. When the catheter was removed the next day, the doctor place a stent in the same artery, the superficial femoral . can both be billed?

Answer:

Yes, the removal of the catheter, 37214 is billed in addition to stent placement as shown below. There is no NCCI edit for these two codes
37226          Femoral stent
37214-51     Removal of thrombolytic catheter