CPT® 96571, Under Photodynamic Therapy Procedures
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 96571 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Photodynamic Therapy Procedures.
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Summary
The provider administers a photosensitizing drug to abnormal tissue and, for each additional 15 minutes, over a period of 38 to 52 minutes, exposes it to a specific wavelength of light, depending on how far into tissue the light needs to penetrate. The provider performs this photodynamic therapy at the same session that he performs a primary endoscopy or bronchoscopy. The procedure is performed to destroy cancerous or precancerous cells.
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