Urology Coding Alert
READER QUESTIONS:
Accelerate Toward Green-Light PVP Coding
Published on Fri Feb 25, 2005
Question: Is there a CPT Codes for the Green-Light PVP laser procedure?
Answer: Use 52648 (Contact laser vaporization with or without transurethral resection of prostate, including control of postoperative bleeding, complete) for the Green-Light PVP (photoselective vaporization of the prostate) procedure to vaporize the prostate.
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Avoid the temptation to report 52647 (Non-contact laser coagulation of prostate, including control of postoperative bleeding, complete), since it represents laser coagulation, not laser vaporization.
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