Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
Break Down This Laparoscopic Surgery
Question: Kentucky Subscriber Answer: Finally, for the ovarian biopsy, you would report 49321-51 (Laparoscopy, surgical; with biopsy [single or multiple]; Multiple procedures). Heads up: You do not need modifier LT on the biopsy code (49321-51) because the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) does not bundle the biopsy into 58661 or 58670. You need to use modifiers LT and RT (Right side) only when you're bypassing an edit -- which is the case for 58670, which CCI bundles into 58661.
Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
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