AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Female Genital System (Q&A) (December 2017)

December 2017 page 14b Surgery: Female Genital System Question: Is it appropriate to report code 58662 for each lesion removed from each area specified in the code descriptor (ie, ovary, pelvic viscera, peritoneal surface)? Answer: No, CPT code 58662, Laparoscopy, surgical; with fulguration or excision of lesions of the ovary, pelvic viscera, or peritoneal surface by any method, includes the destruction or excision of any and all lesions by any method. Code 58662 should only be reported once, regardless of the number of lesions removed as described in the code descriptor. Surgery: Female Genital System. CPT® Assistant. 2017; December...

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