Clinical practice
Coding Q&A
What are the new Category I codes relevant to interventional radiology?
Feb 20, 2025
Coding Q&A
There are three new Category III codes that are relevant to interventional radiology with different effective dates.
Nov 21, 2024
Coding guidance for selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) with Y-90
Updated guidance which expands on planar imaging and SPECT CT codes for nuclear medicine imaging during the mapping process and when to use CPT® codes 78801,78830-78832, or 78835.
Sep 13, 2024
Balancing Practice
Advanced practice providers (APPs) have become an integral part of interventional radiology service. However, there is no standardized process for training procedural or clinical APPs, and each practice utilizes APPs differently.
Aug 21, 2024
Coding Q&A
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?
Jun 24, 2024
Brittany Palmer Nielsen
AI toolbox: PERT implementation
A look at one institution’s experience implementing an AI solution into their pulmonary embolization response team model.
May 22, 2024
Managing pain with SI joint fusion and nerve ablation
An interview with Douglas Beall, MD, FSIR, on how IRs can expand into the MSK/pain management space, particularly through sacroiliac joint instability and percutaneous fusion.
May 22, 2024
Coding Q&A
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?
Apr 25, 2024
The collaborative spirit
Because of the ambiguity, broad range and scope of vascular anomalies, multiple specialists are often involved in treatment. Abhay Srinivasan, MD, discusses the benefits and structure of one of these pediatric collaborative models.
Jan 30, 2024
Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, and longtime IO leader Michael Soulen, MD, FSIR, discuss the growth trajectory of interventional oncology, the evolution of the society over the decades, and more.
