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Learn Why Some Payers Still Deny +58661 for Tubal Ligation After a C-Section

Published on Thu Oct 09, 2025

Get clear guidance on when you can — and can’t — report it separately. Reviewing a tubal ligation claim? The first step is determining which coding path applies — and whether the procedure qualifies as separately reportable. Your coding choices are: Codes for procedures performed vaginally or via an open approach Codes for laparoscopic procedures Code for Essure tubal ligations [...]
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