Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Question: How can we best report a transurethral biopsy of prostate tissue?

Wisconsin Subscriber

Answer: You may best report 55700 (Biopsy, prostate; needle or punch, single or multiple, any approach) for transurethral biopsy of prostate tissue. You won't find a more specific code for this procedure.

Limit 55700 to once per encounter: Your physician may obtain multiple tissue samples during a prostate biopsy. Remember, code 55700 includes single or multiple needle biopsies of the prostate gland. Do not bill 55700 multiple times or with multiple units. You report only a single unit of code 55700 for each encounter for biopsy.