CPT^® 58956, Under Excision Procedures on the Ovary

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 58956 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Ovary.

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In this procedure the provider removes the uterus and cervix, ovaries and fallopian tubes, and then removes the entire omentum via an abdominal incision. The provider performs the procedure because of cancer.

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I don't code facility ever, but from a profee coding perspective, I would code this as 58575 WITHOUT -52. In this scenario, I would consider omentectomy to be a minor part of the overall procedure an... [ Read More ]

Postop Diagnosis code?

I will state in the real world (for physician coding), unless the diagnosis will change the procedure coding, I do not wait for pathology on every single surgery to bill. I do not believe it is requi... [ Read More ]

Gyn oncology

I am recently new to GYN Oncology although I have been doing OB/GYN since 2004. I am needing some help with billing for a procedure that includes a left inguinal lymph node debulking. I'm not exactly ... [ Read More ]

Hysterectomy because of uterine CA

When billing for a hysterectomy because of uterine cancer, can I bill a 58956 even though this is under the Oviduct/Ovary section of the CPT book? Or bill from the 58150 - 58294. My thought is it mus... [ Read More ]

? TAH BSO omenectomy with para pelvic lymph

The other surgeon wants to bill 58956, and only allow us to bill as the assistant surgeon(-80) It boils down that we are in disagreement of what modifier 62 means. I read in CPT that modifier 62 is ... [ Read More ]

? TAH BSO omenectomy with para pelvic lymph

[b]Not my area of expertise[/b] This is NOT my area of expertise (OB-GYN) ... BUT I wonder what the other surgeon is planning to code if he wants you (general surgeon) to carve out two parts of the ... [ Read More ]

? TAH BSO omenectomy para/pelvic lymph

I was wondering how other surgeons code this situation. My general surgeon and another surgeon worked together on this surgery, and we are in disagreement in how it should be coded. The surgery perfo... [ Read More ]

? TAH BSO omenectomy with para pelvic lymph

I was wondering how other surgeons code this situation. My general surgeon and another surgeon worked together on this surgery, and we are in disagreement on how it should be coded. The surgery perfo... [ Read More ]

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