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Published on Tue Sep 21, 2004

Check this list before you report 50715 with another urology procedure Ncci Edits 10.3 has determined that 50715 (Ureterolysis, with or without repositioning of ureter for retroperitoneal fibrosis) is included in the urology procedures listed below. All of these comprehensive/ component code pairs have status indicators of "1," which means you can unbundle them and report them together under the right circumstances.

 50541 - Laparoscopy, surgical; ablation of renal cysts

 50542 - ... ablation of renal mass lesion(s)

 50543 - ... partial nephrectomy

 50544 - ... pyeloplasty

 50545 - ... radical nephrectomy

 50546 - ... nephrectomy, including partial ureterectomy

 50547 - ... donor nephrectomy from living donor

 50548 - ... nephrectomy with total ureterectomy

 54690 - Laparoscopy, surgical; orchiectomy

 54692 - ... orchiopexy for intra-abdominal testis

 55550 - Laparoscopy, surgical, with ligation of spermatic veins for varicocele

 55866 - Laparoscopy, surgical prostatectomy, retropubic radical, including nerve sparing
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