AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 8 (August)

Surgery Female Genital (August 2001)

August 2001 page 11-end Coding Consultation Female Genital System, Surgery, 58951, 58952, 58150 (Q&A) Question Should codes 58951 and 58952 be reported if total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy with omentectomy and radical dissection for debulking for primary ovarian cancer without pelvic and limited paraaortic lymphadenectomy are performed? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, if a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with omentectomy and radical dissection for debulking for primary ovarian cancer were performed without pelvic and limited paraaortic lymphadenectomy, codes 58150, Total abdominal hysterectomy (corpus and cervix), with or without removal of tube(s), with or...

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