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Check Purpose of Stent Insertion Before Coding for It

Published on Wed Apr 18, 2018

Question: The urologist performed cystoscopy, transurethral resection of a bladder tumor, right diagnostic ureteroscopy with biopsies of the right distal ureter, right retrograde pyelogram, and right ureteral stent change. I'm getting a kick-back that 52332 bundles into 52235 and 52235 bundles into 52354 (but 52332 does not bundle into 52354). Are any modifiers warranted here or should I just be [...]
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