There is a discussion going around the local OBGYN offices for which code is correct to use when a patient is requesting a tubal ligation for sterilization only. The code that has been used is 58670 which states, fulguration of oviducts. The CPT 58661 is the removal tubes and represents the work that is being done. The thinking that was used when using CPT 58670 was that the procedure was only for sterilization and it represented the work value which they felt was less than a salpingectomy. Thanks in advance. Kelly