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Decode This Cryptic Cystoscope Procedure

Published on Thu Sep 14, 2023

Question: Below is my practitioner’s surgical note. Can 52281 be billed for this, or would this be 52000 alone? The urethral dilation was done after the cystoscopy, and the descriptor for 52281 makes it sound like the dilation needs to be done as part of the cystourethroscopy, before the scope is removed. Procedure: The patient was prepped and draped in usual [...]
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