AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 4 (April)

Surgery: Urinary System (Q&A) (April 2012)

April 2012 page 18 Surgery: Urinary System Question: When inserting stents into the ureter at the time of a kidney transplant, what CPT code should be reported? Answer: As stated on page 4 of the December 2009 issue of CPT Assistant, "If the physician is performing a surgery in which the ureter has to be cut and sutured to another organ, it is inappropriate to report code 50605, Ureterotomy for insertion of indwelling stent, all types. For example, if a physician is performing a cystectomy, nephrectomy, or kidney transplant, it is inappropriate to report code 50605 because the ureter...

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