CPT^® 58960, Under Excision Procedures on the Ovary

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 58960 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 determines the stage of cancer by taking biopsies within the abdominal cavity and removing pelvic lymph nodes and sampling para aortic lymph nodes. This staging is done for ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer.

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Exploratory laparotomy with cytoreductive surgery- Help please

[QUOTE="csperoni, post: 489744, member: 164618"] There are several options for ovarian cancer debulking surgeries. 58960 does not seem correct since it does not appear lymph nodes were removed. 4920... [ Read More ]

Exploratory laparotomy with cytoreductive surgery- Help please

There are several options for ovarian cancer debulking surgeries. 58960 does not seem correct since it does not appear lymph nodes were removed. 49203 seems selling yourself short, especially since... [ Read More ]

Exploratory laparotomy with cytoreductive surgery- Help please

I'm am still learning surgeries and this is the first that I've had to review one for cytoreductive surgery. We are not doing the HIPEC portion. Everything that I research states there is not specific... [ Read More ]

Does anyone know of a good place to find CPT codes for GYN-Oncology?

Tisa, SGO (Society of Gynecologic Oncologists) is a great resource. They used to have annual in person coding seminars, then switched to online, but I don't think they do them separate anymore. It m... [ Read More ]

needing CPT code assistance - abdominal washout

58960 is specifically a staging procedure after another surgery that diagnosed ovarian, tubal or primary peritoneal cancer. It does not sound like the surgery you briefly describe. 58670 is laparosco... [ Read More ]

needing CPT code assistance - abdominal washout

Hi, I need to Pre-Cert for Robotic Bilateral Salpingectomy, Rt. Ovarian Cystectomy vs Oophorectomy, Appendectomy,. excision and fulguration of endometriosis, abdominal washout. I am comparing with ano... [ Read More ]

Exploratory Laparotomy

Dr performing an exploratory laparotomy, 49000 with LSO, possible BSO with staging, possible ovarian cystectomy I certainly don't want to use anything from the 58940-58960 range. Do I? However, wou... [ Read More ]

Taking exam second time

"Welcome" You were wondering about narrowing down the ICD-9 codes? Well, I took my test on the 19th and passed with an 85% and that is also what I did with the majority of the questions that had IC... [ Read More ]

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