Part B Coding Coach: Update Your Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy Coding For the New Year

Why This Topic Matters

These updates affect common urology workflows and the way related procedures are documented and reported. Reviewing the changes ahead of time helps coding and billing staff prepare for annual CPT revisions and understand which procedure categories are changing.

Article Sections

1. Update Your Nephrostogram Injection Coding

   Covers the section of the CPT update focused on antegrade nephrostogram and ureterogram reporting. It discusses the general transition to new procedure coding and related radiology supervision and interpretation considerations.

2. Revise Nephrostomy Tube Placement Coding, Too

   Discusses CPT changes related to percutaneous nephrostomy catheter placement, exchange, conversion, and ureteral stent placement. The section explains that these updates affect several procedure categories used in urology.

3. Take Note of Associated Deletions

   Summarizes the code deletions and descriptor revisions associated with the 2016 CPT update. It also notes that related radiology codes and older procedure entries are affected.