AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 2 (February)

Surgery: Reproductive System Procedures (Q&A) (February 2010)

February 2010 page 12 Surgery: Reproductive System Procedures (Q&A) Question: A physician in our practice is placing fiducial markers (gold seeds) into the prostate transrectally for guidance during radiation treatment. I noticed that CPT code 55876 was changed in 2010 to describe a percutaneous placement procedure. Do I still use this code to report the placement of the fiducial markers in the prostate transrectally? Answer: Yes. Report code 55876, Placement of interstitial device(s) for radiation therapy guidance (eg, fiducial markers, dosimeter), percutaneous, prostate, single or multiple, even though the descriptor states percutaneous. The code descriptor was inadvertently changed...

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