AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 3 (March)

Surgery: Urinary System (Q&A) (March 2012)

March 2012 page 10 Surgery: Urinary System Question: A patient presents with an externally accessible external/internal transnephric ureteral stent and has it removed and replaced with two components: an internally dwelling ureteral stent and an externally accessible nephrostomy catheter. Is this procedure reported with code 50387, Removal and replacement of externally accessible transnephric ureteral stent (eg, external/internal stent) requiring fluoroscopic guidance, including radiological supervision and interpretation? Answer: This scenario involves a single externally accessible transnephric stent (which serves as both a nephrostomy tube and a ureteral stent) that was removed and replaced not by the same stent but by...

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