AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 7 (July)

Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery (July 2005)

July 2005 page 15a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Maternity Care and Delivery, 59200, 59897 (Q&A) Question An abortion procedure is performed at a gestational age of 19 plus weeks, the physician performs an intrauterine injection (using ultrasound guidance) of digoxin into the fetus to stop the heartbeat and also places cervical dilators. A dilation and evacuation (D&E) is performed on the next day. How should the injection procedure on the first day be reported? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, it would be appropriate to report procedure code 59200, Insertion of cervical dilator (eg, laminaria, prostaglandin)...

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