AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 7 (July)

Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery (July 2005)

July 2005 page 15b Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Maternity Care and Delivery, 99291, modifier 22 (Q&A) Question If a patient has a vaginal delivery and then at a separate session on the same day requires reinversion of the uterus, which is unsuccessful, and later that same day requires a hysterectomy, how is the reinversion of the uterus reported? AMA Comment Uterine inversion during the acute postpartum period may result in severe postpartum hemorrhage and shock from the uterine fundus collapse. Treatment of uterine inversion consists of manual manipulation of the uterus with pharmacologic agents to assist in uterine...

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