AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 1 (January)

Surgery: Female Genital System (Q&A) (January 2015)

January 2015 page 14a Surgery: Female Genital System Question: Would it be appropriate to report code 58563, Hysteroscopy, surgical; with endometrial ablation (eg, endometrial resection, electrosurgical ablation, thermoablation), when the dilation and curettage (D&C)/hysteroscopy and the endometrial ablation procedures are not done simultaneously? Answer: Yes. It would be appropriate to report code 58563 because this code encompasses the D&C/hysteroscopy work as well as the ablation, and the work for the D&C and hysteroscopy do not have to be done simultaneously. Surgery: Female Genital System (Q&A) (January 2015). CPT® Assistant. 2015; January 2015 page 14a ...

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