CPT^® 54324, Under Repair Procedures on the Penis

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 54324 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures on the Penis.

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The provider performs a single stage surgical procedure to correct hypospadias along with repair of the urethra using a local skin flap such as a flip flap or prepucial flap. He may perform a circumcision during this procedure and or correction of an abnormal curvature of the penis known as chordee.

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Distal hypospadias repair, chordee repair & adj tissue transfer

A better diagnosis would be Q54.0 for a distal hypospadias. Bill what seems to have been done. 54324 is for a simple urethroplasty, flip V flap, a meatal advancement, or preputial flaps, to form a ur... [ Read More ]

Distal hypospadias repair, chordee repair & adj tissue transfer

Hi Dr. Ferragamo, Can you help educate me as to what is involved in CPT 54326 in respect to "mobilization of urethra" and how would the keywords be documented to pick up on 54326 vs 54324? Also, the ... [ Read More ]

Distal hypospadias repair, chordee repair & adj tissue transfer

When coding for a hypospadias repair, consider the location of the hypospadic opening and whether a single or multiple stage procedure will be performed. In your case of a distal hypospadias and the r... [ Read More ]

11 year old circ bundling

Hi - A Nevada Medicaid product is bundling an 11 year old's circumcision as "incidental to primary procedure", which appears they are calling the 54360 - the whole claim was billed with 54324, 54360,... [ Read More ]

51 Modifier Question

I'm not sure if I'm using this modifier correctly. My understanding is that if multiple bilateral surgeries are done that you choose the procedure with the highest base and add modifier 51 EX: 31267... [ Read More ]

Hypospadias repair question

I am hoping for some help with a pediatric urology question. So the patient is having a repair for correction of previous hypospadias repair(54324). During the procedure the md injects the corpora cav... [ Read More ]

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Distal hypospadias repair, chordee repair & adj tissue transfer

[QUOTE="mkmgt001, post: 255817, member: 62840"]Could someone please give me their opinion? CCI allows CPT 54360 (Plastic operation on penis to correct angulation & 14040 (Adjacent tissue transfer) to... [ Read More ]

54324 & 14040

Can we bill these together? I keep getting edits from our billing system and I'm wondering if I should be bypassing those edits by using a modifier or not.... [ Read More ]

Distal hypospadias repair, chordee repair & adj tissue transfer

Could someone please give me their opinion? CCI allows CPT 54360 (Plastic operation on penis to correct angulation) & 14040 (Adjacent tissue transfer) to be reported with CPT 54324 (1-stage distal hy... [ Read More ]

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