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Removal of Fallopian Tube Only

Published on Wed Oct 21, 2015

Question: When billing a laparoscopy removal of fallopian tubes only (without the ovary), can you bill 58661 or with this code, do you have to remove the ovary with fallopian tubes? Can I also get your view on the best way to describe the difference between 58670 and 58661? My coder thinks this should be 58661 instead of 58670 because the [...]
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