Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Here's How to Code McCall's Culdoplasty
Published on Wed May 29, 2013
Question: My ob-gyn performed a laparoscopic uterosacral plication and a High McCall’s culdoplasty. What is this procedure, and how should I report this?
Answer: This is a colpopexy. The ob-gyn pulls up the uterosacral ligaments to correct vault prolapse. When the ob-gyn does this, he also repairs the enterocele (McCall culdoplasty) which you should not bill separately. Report 57425 (Laparoscopy, surgical, colpopexy [suspension of vaginal apex]) only.
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