Wiki 57425 and 52310

[Diana Thomas]

I am new to Urology coding and am having to learn surgery coding............My question is a 57425 was performed in January and pt. came into the office on 2-14-23 & 52310 (stent removal) was performed in the office. Wouldn't this be bundled to the procedure done in January? I'm not sure where to research this..............TIA

 

[julieordway]

Stents are usually placed with the expectation that it will be removed within a short time. It is considered a "staged" procedure and is billable with a 58 modifier during the global period.

 

[csperoni]

Yes, a staged procedure would be billable with -58.
I'll just note - I recently started working with some urogyns, but I can't recall ever seeing a stent put in with a laparoscopic colpopexy. I would want to double check that.