Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Discover Why 99360 Is Your Best Bet
Published on Thu Sep 18, 2014
Question: My doctor did monitoring of her patient’s fetus while the patient was having a ureteral stent placed by another physician. How should I code this?
Alabama Subscriber
Answer: Code 99360 (Standby service, requiring prolonged attendance, each 30 minutes [e.g., operative standby, standby for frozen section, for cesarean/high risk delivery, for monitoring EEG]) is your best bet.
Note: This replaced the old code 99151, which was for prolonged physician attendance for fetal monitoring.
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