AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery (Q&A) (December 2017)

December 2017 page 14c Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery Question: Is it appropriate to use code 59200 for cervical ripening to induce labor with a Foley or Cook’s catheter on a different day from the date of delivery? Answer: Yes, it is appropriate to report code 59200, Insertion of cervical dilator (eg, laminaria, prostaglandin) (separate procedure), when mechanical dilation with the Foley catheter is performed. It should be noted that the use of laminaria or prostaglandin are not required to report code 59200, as they represent examples (“eg”) of dilators. If cervical ripening is used to induce labor in...

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