AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 3 (March)

Cystourethroscopic Ureteral Stent: Insertion and Removal (March 1996)

March 1996 pages 1-3 Cystourethroscopic Ureteral Stent: Insertion and Removal We receive many questions regarding whether a ureteral stent can be reported in addition to cystourethroscopic procedures. In response to these questions, the Ureter and Pelvis subsection of the Endoscopy - Cystoscopy, Urethroscopy, Cystourethroscopy section of CPT 1996, contains an explanatory note which instructs users that codes 52320-52339 describe the insertion of a ureteral stent in diagnostic and therapeutic cystourethroscopy procedures. This explanatory note indicates that placement and removal of a temporary ureteral stent(s), during cystourethroscopic diagnostic or therapeutic interventions, is integral to the cystourethroscopic procedures 52320-52339 and does...

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