HayleeO
New
Hello ! We have a patient that had an elective termination of pregnancy at an outside clinic. She then came to our OBGYN office with retained products of conception and the doctor performed an outpatient suction D&C. I am having a hard time justifying which code to bill. I do not believe the right codes would be 59812 or 59820 because it was not a spontaneous abortion/miscarriage. I am leaning towards choosing 59840 because the first procedure done would have had to be an elective abortion code. I am only hesitant in choosing this 59840 code because the doctor did not necessarily perform the induced abortion, he only removed the left over tissue from the attempted termination of pregnancy. I am thinking myself in circles. Please help!!