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    Wiki Billing 51700

    Is this enough to bill 51700? " Patient came in today to leave a urine sample. He needed help getting a sample from his catheter. The catheter bag was disconnected from the foley. 60ml of sterile water was installed into the bladder. A sample was collected."
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    Wiki Cysto with bladder irrigation

    Patient came in for gross hematuria. Provider did a cysto. When they got to the bladder, the provider found active bleeding. They did two rounds of bladder irrigation and were still unable to identify the source of the bleeding. The provider listed codes 52000 and 51700. Is this correct? Would...
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    Wiki BCG help

    We are in disagreement about which CPT code to use for BCG bladder instillation due to the wording in the description of CPT 51720, Bladder instillation of anticarcinogenic agent (including retention time). Our patients leave the facility immediately after the instillation. Should we use 51700...
    • dykline
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    • 51700 51720 bcg
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Urology
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