AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 11 (November)

Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery (November 2006)

November 2006 page 21c Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery, 59320, 59325 (Q&A) Please note: This article has been corrected. Question How is the removal of cerclage sutures reported? AMA Comment Cerclage of the cervix during pregnancy is reported by means of codes 59320, Cerclage of cervix, during pregnancy; vaginal, and 59325, Cerclage of cervix, during pregnancy, abdominal. The appropriate code is selected on the basis of the approach used to perform the procedure, ie, either the vaginal or abdominal approach. Subsequent removal of cerclage sutures at the time of delivery is considered part of the delivery and is...

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