AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Female Genital System (December 2006)

December 2006 page 15a Surgery: Female Genital System, 57461 (Q&A) Question Does CPT code 57461, Colposcopy of the cervix including upper/adjacent vagina; with loop electrode conization of the cervix, include both conization and endocervical curettage or should individual codes be reported instead? AMA Comment Endocervical curettage performed at the same time as a conization of the cervix is reported with code 57461 only. The conization includes the endocervical curettage. Therefore, it would not be appropriate to report endocervical curettage and conization performed at the same operative session with separate codes for each procedure. Surgery: Female Genital System, 57461...

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