Clinical Practice

High-impact IR program building

Dr. Abhishek Kumar's Y-90 program has become the highest-volume radioembolization program in New Jersey. Here's how he did it.

Coding Q&A: Using a pressure-directed catheter for radioembolization of a hepatic tumor

Q: When an interventional radiologist uses a pressure-directed catheter for radioembolization of a hepatic tumor in the hospital outpatient setting, does this change the coding reported by the physician, i.e., does the physician report HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System) codes C1982 and C9797?

E/M coding

Optimizing and capturing the full scope of IR

Coding Q&A: New and revised codes for 2026

Key additions and revisions to the 2026 AMA CPT® Professional include restructuring of the lower extremity endovascular revascularization codes, new Category I codes for hepatic and prostate irreversible electroporation (IRE), updated codes for sacroiliac joint arthrodesis and endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta, and expansion of prostate biopsy coding.

What kind of guideline should you use?

Luke Wilkins, MD, FSIR, the councilor of the Guidelines and Statements division, discusses the various document types, how they’re developed and how they can best inform IR therapies and practices.

The trouble with triage

Establishing a standardized triage protocol

Building a pAVF program

SIR’s Renal and Genitourinary Clinical Specialty Council has established a society-based consensus recommendations for the creation and maturation of pAVFs for hemodialysis access.

Coding Q&A: Coding for radioembolization of hepatic tumors

Radioembolization of a hepatic tumor and percutaneous endoscopic gallstone removal

The benefits of IR code simulation

Interventional radiology team members at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY, have implemented a cardiac arrest model and code simulation to improve timing, accuracy and staff comfort.

Practice planning

Considerations for setting up a new IR practice

Dialing in

Utilizing telehealth to expand the reach of small or rural IR practices

Crossing the IR desert

When I started my career in Charleston, West Virginia, I was the only interventional radiologist in a community of 50,000 people. I was already somewhat familiar with the challenges faced by patients in remote communities, having previously worked...

Interventional radiology comes home

Across a 30-mile radius in rural northwest Indiana, more than 1,000 patients with multiple chronic conditions are confined to their homes or to nursing facilities and encounter difficulty receiving care they need for their chronic conditions.