tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 6

Urology: Understand What 'Stent' Really Means in Multi-Physician Urology Encounters

Hint: Don’t automatically turn to 52332.  Urologists routinely place stents for their own outpatient surgical procedures as well as for other surgeons. Being involved in another surgeon’s case can lead to coding trip-ups, but keeping three things in mind can help you avoid miscoding. Scenario: A gynecologist asks the urologist to place a bilateral catheter for surgical aid during a procedure. The urologist removes the stent at the end of the surgery.” The question: Do you report 52332-50, or is there a more appropriate CPT® code for placing stents for surgical aid? Draw the Line...

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