AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 1 (January)

Female Urinary Voiding Prosthesis (January 2021)

January 2021 page 11 Female Urinary Voiding Prosthesis For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2021 code set, two new Category III codes (0596T, 0597T) were created to report the initial insertion (0596T) and subsequent replacement (0597T) of a temporary female intraurethral valve-pump (ie, voiding prosthesis). This article provides an overview of these new codes. Category III Codes  0596TTemporary female intraurethral valve-pump (ie, voiding prosthesis); initial insertion, including urethral measurement  0597Treplacement (Do not report 0596T, 0597T in conjunction with 51610, 51700, 51701, 51702, 51703, 51705) Female urinary retention due to impaired detrusor contractility (IDC) typically is the result of...

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