ENDOLOGIX, INC. Endologix LLC announced that the U. S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted a Transitional Pass-Through (TPT) Payment for the DETOUR System, effective January 1, 2024. The TPT Payment was created to facilitate patient access for qualifying new medical technologies that substantially improve the diagnosis or treatment of Medicare beneficiaries. TPT will provide hospitals with additional device reimbursement when the DETOUR System is used for eligible cases in the hospital outpatient setting.
Details on the TPT, code C1604, can be found in the January 2024 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). Percutaneous Transmural Arterial Bypass (PTAB) with the DETOUR System, an FDA Breakthrough Device, received PMA approval in June 2023. PTAB offers a novel approach to treating complex PAD.
The device enables physicians to bypass lesions in the superficial femoral artery, by using conduits routed through the femoral vein via a transmural passage, to restore blood flow to the leg. This approach is effective for patients with long lesions (20cm-46cm in length), those that have already undergone failed endovascular procedures, or those that may be sub-optimal candidates for open surgical bypass.
