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This is your comprehensive coding and billing reference for interventional services, including both vascular and non-vascular procedures. The Navigator contains detailed descriptions of anatomy, explanations of procedure techniques, and tips for distinguishing between similar procedures. Plus, the 2012 edition gets you up to speed on new codes for transcatheter lower extremity interventions. Intended Audience: Professionals who code and bill for physician practices, hospital outpatient departments, and freestanding imaging centers. Special Features: Numerous color illustrations and diagrams to clarify anatomical features and make coding guidelines easier to follow. Laminated multi-page job aid with anatomical diagrams. This Navigator clarifies: * Arteriograms and venograms * Transcatheter procedures (angioplasty, stents, embolization, infusion, etc.) * Urinary, biliary and gastrointestinal procedures * Biopsy, aspiration and drainage procedures * Endovascular repair * Modifier use