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Follow Payer Policy on How Often to Report 52648

Published on Thu Mar 12, 2020

Question: A patient had two Greenlight vaporizations of the prostate (52648) about 15 months apart. The urologist’s dictation does not indicate it was a staged procedure. I cannot find any documentation that clearly indicates that 52648 is a once-in-a-lifetime procedure, although I’ve seen some insurer policies making it once-in-a-lifetime. Is 52649 a subsequent Greenlight in the same way the 52630 [...]
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