AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 5 (May)

Urinary System, 52320, 52332, 52339 (Q&A) (May 1996)

May 1996 page 11-end Coding Consultation Urinary System, 52320, 52332, 52339 (Q&A) Question In the March 1996 CPT Assistant, in the article entitled, Cystourethroscopic Ureteral Stent: Insertion and Removal, on page 3 you state that 52332 can be billed as a multiple procedure with codes 52320-52330, but page 191 in the CPT book states that insertion of a stent is included in procedures 52320-52339 and should not be reported separately. Which method is correct? AMA Comment As stated in the first paragraph on page 2 of that same article, you are correct that the existing explanatory note states...

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