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Test Your Bladder Tumor Removal Know-How With 5 Questions

Published on Wed Oct 19, 2011

Hint: Pay attention to the payer you're coding for. Coding transurethral bladder tumor removal (TURB) procedures -- especially when the urologist removes multiple tumors in one operative session -- challenges even veteran coders. Ensure that you understand how to handle on this complicated coding situation by taking this five-question quiz and then checking your answers against the expert answers on page 77. Question 1: Your urologist transurethrally resects a 2 cm tumor and a 3 cm tumor. The patient has Medicare insurance. Which code(s) should you use to report your urologist's services? Question 2: During one operative session, the urologist transurethrally resects a 3.5 cm bladder tumor and at the same time also resects a minor bladder tumor (less than 0.5 cm in size). How should you report this procedure to a private payer? Question 3: The urologist transurethrally resects five 1 cm tumors at one sitting. Which code should you report [...]
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