AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC) — Question 27

A patient suffers a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring emergent endovascular repair. An aorto-aortic tube endograft is positioned in the aorta and a balloon dilation is performed at the proximal and distal seal zones of the endograft. The balloon angioplasty is performed for endoleak treatment.
What CPT® code does the vascular surgeon use to report the procedure?

Answer options

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct CPT® code is 34702, which specifically describes the placement of an endograft for the treatment of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. The other options refer to different procedures or codes that do not match the specifics of the described intervention.