Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Mark FBR by Method
Published on Mon Sep 21, 2015
Question: My physician removed a foreign body from the vagina of a 4-year-old using a pediatric cystoscope and small laparoscopic graspers under anesthesia. Does 57415 still apply, or would this be an unlisted code because of how the ob-gyn removed the foreign body?
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Answer: You should use 57415 (Removal of impacted vaginal foreign body [separate procedure] under anesthesia [other than local]). He is not really doing a diagnostic colposcopy of the vagina, and most of the codes for removal apply to any technique. Plus, this is how the ob-gyn got it out.
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