CPT^® 58520, Under Repair Procedures on the Corpus Uteri

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 58520 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures on the Corpus Uteri.

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In this procedure, the provider sutures a ruptured or lacerated uterus not related to childbirth. The uterus could have been punctured during surgery, such as a dilation and curettage procedure, or D & C, or a hysteroscopic procedure, or have become torn due to an accident or injury.

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Laparoscopic Scar revision

I found this article about the procedure, which includes advice from Melanie Witt who is the most skilled obgyn coder I am aware of. She advises unlisted 58578 with comparison to 58520 or 58662. For... [ Read More ]

2 codes for Hysteroscopy w/ Diag. Laparscopy

[QUOTE="sfirth1, post: 456973, member: 539505"] Doctor preformed a Hysteroscopy in out patient dept. and was planning to do an endometrial ablation but in the OR the uterus was perforated and an emerg... [ Read More ]

General Surgeon Billing for a uterine laceration repair during gyn surgery

The General Surgeon should be able to bill for his/her work. As for a code, I suggest 58520.... [ Read More ]

Help w/CPT Code

[QUOTE="malynch, post: 196433, member: 38559"]My physician performed the following surgery and I need help with the appropriate CPT code(s): 1. Pfannenstiel laparotomy 2. Adhesiolysis 3. Subserosal m... [ Read More ]

Uteroperitoneal fistula repair

[b]uteroperitoneal fistula[/b] I am dealing with a Medicaid patient so I can not use any unlisted procedure per Georgia Medicaid. I like the hysterorrhaphy- 58520 procedure. I looked at this code b... [ Read More ]

Uteroperitoneal fistula repair

it is a very rare form of fistula of the uterus and recently identified and as such we do not have a code with specific proximity We do not have any CPT code matching it. The point is, either one fr... [ Read More ]

post partum uterine hemorrhage repair

[b]59350 (pregnancy related)[/b] [QUOTE="jgossett, post: 149271, member: 85924"]The patient developed uterine bleeding the day after a c-section and was taken back to the operating room for surgical ... [ Read More ]

post partum uterine hemorrhage repair

The patient developed uterine bleeding the day after a c-section and was taken back to the operating room for surgical repair. My boss and I settled on 58520. I still am not comfortable with that as... [ Read More ]

C-section w/revision of scar

There was rupture in the scar- taking us to the [B]diagnosis of Rupture Uterus.[/B] There is a CPT code for rupture uterus repair-[B] 59350[/B] irrespective of the no mention of OBSTETRICAL, no matte... [ Read More ]

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