Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Interventional Radiologists Welcome New Pelvic Instillation Code
Published on Fri Oct 01, 2004 
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Another new code in 2005 that interventional radiologists welcome is 50391 (Instillation[s] of therapeutic agent into renal pelvis and/or ureter through established nephrostomy, pyelostomy or ureterostomy tube [eg, anticarcinogenic or antifungal agent]). This new code will be a great replacement for the unlisted code you've been forced to use for this procedure until now, according to coder Carolyn Artis with Eastern Radiology in Greenville, NC.
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