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Wiki Attempted Nephrostomy

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Jim Pawloski

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A patient was admitted for sepsis, and a request was made for bilateral nephrostomy. Using ultrasound guidance, a 22 g chiba was used to access the collecting system. Unfortunately, the was no hydronephrosis and after a few attempts, the case was canceled. In a discussion with a fellow coder, that coder wanted to code 50432-52, and I said it should be coded 50430-52 because 50432 needs a catheter and no catheter is documented in the report. The coder came back with no contrast was injected which is part of 50430. How should this case be coded?

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Jim Pawloski, CIRCC
 
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