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Mind Whether Urologist Performed Stone Fragmentation

Published on Tue Apr 12, 2022

Question: My physician removed a stone percutaneously via access performed by radiology. My physician did not perform a lithotripsy. Does code 50080 require lithotripsy? The definition in CPT® says “percutaneous nephrostolithotomy with or without dilation, endoscopy, lithotripsy, stenting or basket extraction.” Or do I use code 50561? I can’t seem to understand the difference between these codes. AAPC Forum Subscriber [...]
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