New options replace 49420 for tunneled catheter. Choosing an intraperitoneal catheter insertion used to mean deciding between “permanent” and “temporary” — but CPT 2011 changes all that. Now you’ll need to know if the procedure is open, lap...
Question: I’m unsure how to code for cannulation of colovesical fistula. The doctor also did a cystoscopy with bilateral retrogrades and bladder biopsies. How should I report this procedure? Answer: There is no specific CPT code for cannulation of th...
Different calendar dates matter, but multiple instillations the same day do not. Question: My pulmonologist inserted a chest tube and then instilled a fibrinolytic agent to break up multiloculations to free up an entrapped lung. Usually, I use 32560 for this procedure, which is for pleurodesis, not fibrinolysis. What code should I use for fibrinolytic agent [...] Related articles:
Master 32561’s guidelines to prevent a major units gaffe. Flip through the Surgery/Respiratory System section of your CPT 2010 manual, and you’ll see the coding committee has been hard at work adding to and revising your options. Discover the added cath removal code, the all new fibrinolytic agent instillation code, and the reshaped bronchoscopy descriptors, so [...] Related articles: