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Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

Correction

Published on Tue May 03, 2005

In the May 2005 Ob-gyn Coding Alert, in the article titled "5 Tips Help Navigate the Multiple Procedure Maze",  Peggy Stilley, CPC, office manager for Women's Healthcare Specialists, an Oklahoma University-based private ob-gyn practice in Tulsa, is quoted as saying: If your ob-gyn does a hysterectomy, you'll have to choose between codes for total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), lower abdominal vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH), or a vaginal hysterectomy. These codes each have different relative values assigned to them.

This was a misprint. Stilley made reference to LAVH as a laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy.
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