CPT^® 52356, Under Ureter and Pelvis Transurethral Surgical Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 52356 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Ureter and Pelvis Transurethral Surgical Procedures.

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The provider performs a cystourethroscopy, the inspection of the interior of the bladder, the urethra, prostatic urethra, and ureteric openings using a cystoscope passed through the urethra and into the bladder, and performs a ureteroscopy (inspection of the ureters) and/or a pyeloscopy (inspection of the renal pelvis). He finds a stone which he breaks apart using lithotripsy and inserts an indwelling ureteral stent to keep the ureter open for passage of fragments and allow it to heal.

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stone procedures

[QUOTE="CX123, post: 511149, member: 164126"] I have a doctor that states you can charge the 52356 for lasering stone in the right kidney and 52352 for basketing a separate ureter stone. Bundling is... [ Read More ]

stone procedures

You can. I would suggest the following coding for your clinical scenario: 52356-RT for the renal stone, dx. N20.0 52332-XS-RT for the stone in the epsilateral ureter, dx. N20.1, considered by ... [ Read More ]

stone procedures

I have a doctor that states you can charge the 52356 for lasering stone in the right kidney and 52352 for basketing a separate ureter stone. Bundling issues? 52356-RT 52352-59,RT... [ Read More ]

Op note help, lower pole UPJ stone

The documentation isn't very clear and almost sounds like the physician dictated it but didn't go back to edit it. But 52356 isn't correct here because the approach was not transurethral. I think th... [ Read More ]

Op note help, lower pole UPJ stone

Procedure performed: Antegrade and retrograde nephrostomy and wire endoscopic manipulation with demonstration of lower pole ureter meatus intra ureterally with ureteral dilatation ureteroscopy both fl... [ Read More ]

52356 with 52353

If you treated a stone in the kidney and one in the ipsilateral ureter, I would suggest the following coding; 52356 for the fragmentation of the renal stone, its removal, and the placement of a JJ... [ Read More ]

52356 with 52353

I am wondering if anybody ever bills these 2 codes out together? I know that CPT states not to when performed on the same side, but at the same time, that doesn't make sense when the physician is trea... [ Read More ]

Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tubes?

The operative report does not describe procedures reported as performed. With this in mind I would suggest the following coding based on the poor operative report: 52356 for the ureteroscopy, ston... [ Read More ]

Cystourethroscopy Lithotripsy stent insertion on right side and DJ stent removal on Left Side

Although I agree with the above, I would also bill for the service since we are dealing with two stents, extra work, and not the removal and replacement of one stent. I would suggest the following cod... [ Read More ]

Cystourethroscopy Lithotripsy stent insertion on right side and DJ stent removal on Left Side

52310 cannot be unbundled from 52356 due to the 'separate procedure' designation in CPT. Even with a modifier, and even if performed on the contralateral side or at a separate encounter, this code wi... [ Read More ]

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