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Reimbursement summary for angioplasty of arteries of lower extremities

This post presents an extract from our reimbursement analysis for angioplasty of arteries lower extremities using plain and drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for peripheral artery disease in England, France and Germany. Plain balloon angioplasty is reimbursement via DRG solely and DCBs are reimbursement via combination of DRG and add-on reimbursement.
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New procedure codes in Finland from August 2024

On July 9, 2024, the updated Finnish classification of procedures (THL) was published to come into force on August 1, 2024. Forty-three new procedure codes were implemented concerning diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine, neurovascular, radiology, and other fields. Some examples of new codes are listed below:

  • AA5TS PET-MRI of brain amino acid metabolism;
  • FM1MR PET computed tomography study of myocardial viability;
  • KE1AS PET-MRI of the prostate;
  • PA2AI Cone lobe CT angiography of cerebral arteries;
  • PA2QT Intravenous occlusion of a meningeal artery;
  • PJ5VN Location of the sentinel lymph node with gamma imaging, doctor's statement in the medical report.

The full details in Finnish can be found here.

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