CPT^® 55920, Under Reproductive System Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 55920 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Reproductive System Procedures.

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To facilitate brachytherapy, also called internal cancer radiotherapy, the provider places needles or catheters into a cancerous pelvic organ or genitalia for subsequent placement of radioactive seeds to deliver radiation directly.

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Surgeon performing at an hospital based ASC instead of the hospital

[QUOTE="SharonCollachi, post: 476785, member: 654943"] I'm not clear on what this means. Do you mean they are billing under his name and not under the name of the ASC? [/QUOTE] Looking at the invoice... [ Read More ]

Surgeon performing at an hospital based ASC instead of the hospital

I have a physician the performs surgeries at the hospital and at the hospital based ASC. I code his surgeries and noticed that when he goes to the hospital based ASC they code the surgery under his na... [ Read More ]

Fiducials placement, sacrum and coccyx

I have an Oncology Orthopedic that placed gold fiducials for stereotactic radiation therapy, sacrum and coccyx. Can anyone help with a CPT code - 55920 states pelvic organs and/or genitalia - 49411... [ Read More ]

radiation seed implant???

55920 may be a better option... [ Read More ]

55876 and 55920

Anyone have any luck being reimbursed for Fiduciary markers being placed for females? The 55920 code states for needles or catheters (not markers) and the 55876 states for prostate only... Annie... [ Read More ]

I need help with placement of gold markers

We recently had a paitent sent to us by the Radiation Oncologist for placement of gold markers in the vaginal area. We billed 55920.58 for the placement and A4648 for the markers (#3). This was bill... [ Read More ]

Nancy L

[b]Nancy L I need help unbundling 55920 from 58200[/b] I have a denied claim from Medicare bundling the procedure into the global charge. A Total Abd Hyst w/para aortic, pelvic lymph was done on 06... [ Read More ]

New CPT Codes

[B]I'm not 100% certain this is completely accurate since I do not know where this person obtained the info...use with caution. It's a "cut/paste" of the link in my previous post.[/B] 99366 Medica... [ Read More ]

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