AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 3 (March)

Surgery: Urinary System (Q&A) (March 2016)

March 2016 page 10b Surgery: Urinary System Question: What is the appropriate code to report the removal and replacement of an externally accessible ureteral stent via a transnephric approach? Answer: It is appropriate to report code 50387, Removal and replacement of externally accessible nephroureteral catheter (eg, external/internal stent) requiring fluoroscopic guidance, including radiological supervision and interpretation. In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2016 code set, the phrase "transnephric ureteral stent" was replaced with the phrase "nephroureteral catheter," to more clearly describe the service, the anatomy involved in the service, and the type of device used. Surgery: Urinary...

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