Urology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Local Anesthesia for Catheter Pain Is Not Separately Billable
Published on Fri Oct 14, 2016
Question: Can we bill a 51703 when the provider and/or staff uses glydo jelly as an anesthetic agent before passing a urethral catheter?
Nevada Subscriber
Answer: No, you should not bill 51703 (Insertion of temporary indwelling bladder catheter; complicated [e.g., altered anatomy, fractured catheter/balloon]) when the provider uses glydo jelly as an anesthetic agent. The use of local anesthesia such as glydo is not separately billable.
Code 51703 only when the urologist has difficulty inserting or removing a urethral catheter.
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