AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 9 (September)

Urethrolysis Coding Update (September 2004)

September 2004 page 11 Coding Communication:Urethrolysis Coding Update This article focuses on the new code added to the urinary section of CPT 2004. Code 53500, Urethrolysis, transvaginal, secondary, open, including cystourethroscopy (eg, postsurgical obstruction, scarring), describes a procedure performed to treat obstructive voiding symptoms related to excessive periurethral scarring secondary to postoperative urethral suspension procedures (eg, bladder neck suspension). Prior to 2004, no reporting mechanism existed for this operative technique and the work involved in dissecting and mobilizing the urethra away from the dense surrounding fibrous tissue. As the incidence of female stress incontinence has increased over the past...

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