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Classify This Calcified Uretal Stent Scenario

Published on Fri Oct 13, 2023

Question I am trying to code an unusual procedure for the removal of a calcified ureteral stent. Practitioner wants me to code for the right extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) using 50590, the cystourethroscopy with removal of ureteral stent using 52310, and the cystourethroscopy with urethral catheterization with 52005. How should this be coded? Procedure: A cystoscope was passed per [...]
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