Reader Question:
Catheter for BCG
Published on Fri Feb 01, 2002
Question: Should I bill for a catheter used when instilling a ballistocardiograph (BCG)?
Colorado Subscriber
Answer: No. Code CPT 51720 (Bladder instillation of anticarcinogenic agent [including detention time]), which pays from $120 to $160, includes a catheter.
Answers to You Be the Coder and Reader Questions contributed by Sandy Page, CPC, CCS-P, co-owner, Medical Practice Support Services, Denver; and Michael A. Ferragamo, MD, professor of urology, State University of New York, Stony Brook.