Urology Coding Alert

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Make Appropriate Inferences From 50432 Code Description

Question: A patient presents to the emergency department (ED) with dysuria and renal colic. The urologist decompresses the obstructed kidney through a computed tomographic (CT) and fluoroscopic-guided percutaneous drainage via a nephrostomy tube. What is the CPT® coding? Indiana Subscribe Answer: You will report percutaneous drainage via a nephrostomy tube using imaging guidance with 50432 (Placement of nephrostomy catheter, percutaneous, including diagnostic [...]
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