longitudinal vaginal septum before delivery?

[psmedbill]

Please help if you can. Our physician did a resection of longitudinal vaginal septum before a vaginal delivery. I have never billed this before. I do not know where to start. Can someone please help me?
Thank you so much!!

 

[Cmama12]

What codes have you looked at?

 

[psmedbill]

What codes have you looked at?

I have no idea where to begin....

 

[csperoni]

I suggest 2 options as where to begin:
1) In the numerical section under vaginal procedures
2) In the index under excision

 

[psmedbill]

I suggest 2 options as where to begin:
1) In the numerical section under vaginal procedures
2) In the index under excision

 

[psmedbill]

thank you for guiding me... I found the code 57130. this best fits the procedure that he did before the vaginal delivery. would you agree with this?

 

[nielynco]

thank you for guiding me... I found the code 57130. this best fits the procedure that he did before the vaginal delivery. would you agree with this?

Yes. If done on the date of delivery you may have to add a modifier for a secondary procedure with the delivery code, but as there is no CCI edit with this code so you should not have to use a modifier -59.