AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 3 (March)
Surgery: Male Genital System (Q&A) (March 2012)
March 2012 page 10b Surgery: Male Genital System Question: Would you please provide coding clarification for the following scenario: The urologist performs a robotic prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, and during the same session also performs a laparoscopic robotic Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK) urethropexy procedure to prevent stress incontinence. How are these services reported? Â Answer: The robotic prostatectomy is reported with code 55866, Laparoscopy, surgical prostatectomy, retropubic radical, including nerve sparing, includes robotic assistance, when performed, and the laparoscopic robotic MMK urethropexy is reported separately with code 51990, Laparoscopy, surgical; urethral suspension for stress incontinence, or code 51992...
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