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Location Matters for Complication Treatment Billing

Published on Mon Nov 16, 2015

Question: If a patient has a TURP (52601) and 14 days later has urinary retention, is this considered a post operative complication? Can I bill 51702 and 51798? California Subscriber Answer: Yes, you should consider urinary retention after a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) as a complication of the TURP. Code 52601 (Transurethral electrosurgical resection of prostate, including control of postoperative [...]
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