Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

Reader Question:

Discover this Sterilization, Salpingectomy Solution

Published on Tue Jan 17, 2012

Question:My ob-gyn documented the following note:

Procedure: Lap Tubal

Documented procedure: The fallopian tubes are cut, laparoscopically. I stitched ends, and then I removed the remainder of the fallopian tubes.
How should I code this?

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Answer: Whether he removes the tubes or not, this is a sterilization procedure and not a salpingectomy. Therefore, you should report only 58670 (Laparoscopy, surgical; with fulguration of oviducts [with or without transection]).

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