CPT^® 59100, Under Excision Procedures for Maternity Care and Delivery

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 59100 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures for Maternity Care and Delivery.

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In this procedure, the provider performs a type of cesarean section, or C section, to remove a fetus or hydatidiform mole from the uterus prior to twenty weeks and zero days gestation, but the abdominal and uterine incision are smaller than a standard C section. The provider performs this procedure with an abdominal approach.

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