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Does Male Sounding Equal Calibration?

Published on Sun Jun 14, 2009

Question: The patient has prostatitis and massive BPH. The urologist performed a cystourethroscopy with sounding. He documented the following: Because of the small size of the urethra a #8 French Wolf ureteroscope was prepared and used for insertion into the urethra. The urethra was sounded to #23 French. The penile, bulbous, and membranous urethra were normal. The prostatic urethra looked very inflamed, and when the doctor entered the prostatic urethra, it measured about 70-mm in length and had bolus edema and a small median bar. Physician advanced into the bladder. The ureters were in the A position and of stadium configuration. There were grade II trabeculations. There was no neoplasia or erythema seen in the bladder. All of the inflammation was centered in this giant prostate. What is the proper code for this procedure? Oklahoma Subscriber Answer: When the physician puts in a male sound, it is called calibration. The [...]
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