AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 1 (January)
Surgery: Female Genital System (January 2004)
January 2004 page 26a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Female Genital System, 58546 (Q&A) Question A physician performed laparoscopic removal of six intramural myomas with a total weight of less than 250 g. Would it be appropriate to report code 58546, Laparoscopy, surgical, myomectomy, excision; 5 or more intramural myomas and/or intramural myomas with total weight greater than 250 grams, twice in this instance? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, code 58546 should be reported one time, as the descriptor of code 58546 indicates five or more myomas. Therefore, it would not be appropriate to report code 58546...
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