AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 10 (October)
Surgery: Urinary System (Q&A) (October 2017)
October 2017 page 9b Surgery: Urinary System Question: What code(s) should be reported if a diagnostic cystourethroscopy is attempted, but due to an unexpected urethral stricture, the cystoscope must be removed and dilation performed in order to complete the cystourethroscopy? Answer: Report cystourethroscopy with code 52281, Cystourethroscopy, with calibration and/or dilation of urethral stricture or stenosis, with or without meatotomy, with or without injection procedure for cystography, male or female. Note that the work (diagnostic cystourethroscopy), which is represented by code 52000, is included in code 52281, thus it would not be reported separately. Surgery: Urinary System (Q&A)...
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