CPT^® 57421, Under Endoscopy/Laparascopy Procedures on the Vagina

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 57421 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endoscopy/Laparascopy Procedures on the Vagina.

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In this procedure, the provider performs a diagnostic examination of the vagina and the cervix, if present. It includes a biopsy of vagina/cervix.

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57421 mod?

Our physician performed a Colposcopy with biopsy, this is a new to me, does this need a modifier? This was the only thing done during the visit.... [ Read More ]

Colposcopy

Colposcopy of the entire vagina with ECC would be coded as 57421?... [ Read More ]

Billing 57421 and 57454 together

57421 bundles with 57454 and no modifier is allowed to break the bundle, therefore these two codes cannot be billed together under any circumstance. For code 57454 Colposcopy of the cervix including... [ Read More ]

Billing 57421 and 57454 together

Patient had colposcopy of entire vagina and cervix with biopsies taken at both sights as well as endocervical curettage. Practice felt the best codes to use were 57421 and 57454. There is a CCI con... [ Read More ]

co-surgeon modifier 62

[QUOTE="drewbart@sbcglobal.net, post: 330115, member: 182007"]Is the co-surgeon modifier 62 code specific? When entering 57421 & 58110 biopsy codes into Encoder the modifier 62 is not an option. T... [ Read More ]

co-surgeon modifier 62

Is the co-surgeon modifier 62 code specific? When entering 57421 & 58110 biopsy codes into Encoder the modifier 62 is not an option. Thank you for any information as I an not that familiar with En... [ Read More ]

Colposcopy-Does anyone

From what I can find it's in the 50000 section. Starts around 56820/56821 and then jumps to 57420/57421 and then to 5745x. Not my area of expertise but it says endoscopic procedures of the cervix an... [ Read More ]

cystoscopy and vaginoscopy - CPT note under Cervix

Was the fistula repaired by closure? If so, look at 57320, Closure of vesicovaginal fistula, vaginal approach. Otherwise, the CPT note under Cervix Uteri / Endoscopy states "for colposcopic examina... [ Read More ]

57421

According to the OB/GYN Coding Companion for 2012 the entire vagina is described as the vaginal fornix and vaginal canal up to and including the cervix if present - this is their description of what i... [ Read More ]

Metaplasia of cervix

Colposcopy and Cervical Metaplasia Coding Dilemma: Squamous metaplasia is a medical term used to describe the changes occurring to the cells in certain tissues of the body. Colposcopy is the first ste... [ Read More ]

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