CPT Changes to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

The following is a list of CPT changes to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS).

In the CY 2014 PFS final rule with comment period, CPT codes 33960 (Prolonged extracorporeal circulation for cardiopulmonary insufficiency; initial day) and 33961 (Prolonged extracorporeal circulation for cardiopulmonary insufficiency; each subsequent day) were identified as potentially misvalued codes. Specifically, the services were originally valued when they were primarily provided to premature neonates; but the services are now typically used in treating adults with severe influenza, pneumonia, and respiratory distress syndrome. For CY 2015, CPT 33960 and CPT 33961 were deleted and replaced with 25 new codes to describe this treatment.

CPT 33946 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; initiation, veno-venous

CPT 33947 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; initiation, veno-arterial

CPT 33949 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; daily management, each day, veno-arterial

CPT 33951 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; insertion of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), percutaneous, birth through 5 years of age (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33952 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; insertion of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), percutaneous, 6 years and older (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33953 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; insertion of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), open, birth through 5 years of age

CPT 33954 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; insertion of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), open, 6 years and older

CPT 33955 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; insertion of central cannula(e) by sternotomy or thoracotomy, birth through 5 years of age

CPT 33956 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; insertion of central cannula(e) by sternotomy or thoracotomy, 6 years and older

CPT 33957 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; reposition peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), percutaneous, birth through 5 years of age (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33958 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; reposition peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), percutaneous, 6 years and older (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33959 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; reposition peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), open, birth through 5 years of age (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33962 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; reposition peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), open, 6 years and older (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33963 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; reposition of central cannula(e) by sternotomy or thoracotomy, birth through 5 years of age (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33964 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; reposition central cannula(e) by sternotomy or thoracotomy, 6 years and older (includes fluoroscopic guidance, when performed)

CPT 33965 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; removal of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), percutaneous, birth through 5 years of age

CPT 33966 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; removal of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), percutaneous, 6 years and older

CPT 33969 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; removal of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), open, birth through 5 years of age

CPT 33984 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; removal of peripheral (arterial and/or venous) cannula(e), open, 6 years and older

CPT 33985 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; removal of central cannula(e) by sternotomy or thoracotomy, birth through 5 years of age

CPT 33986 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)/extracorporeal life support (ecls) provided by physician; removal of central cannula(e) by sternotomy or thoracotomy, 6 years and older