Urology Coding Alert
Don't Count on Exact Wording in Code Descriptors
Alabama Subscriber Add modifier 22 to indicate the extra work of grasping the intra-ureteral stent and its subsequent removal.
Answer: There isn't a code that exactly specifies foreign body removal from the ureters. But experts recommend reporting 52351 (Cystourethroscopy, with ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy; diagnostic) with modifier 22 (Unusual procedural services) when a urologist performs a cystourethroscopy and ureteroscopy to remove a stent that has migrated up the ureter and whose distal J coil is not visible in the bladder.
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