KaylaRieken
True Blue
Patient is in the post op period of an ESWL. This happened in the outpatient surgery department. No cystoscope was used.
After informed consent and after the nurse had injected intravenous viscous lidocaine, it was noted that the curl of the distal portion of the ureteral stent was actually just outside of the urethral meatus and visible. Therefore, I was able to simply grasp this with my gloved fingers, and I removed the stent without complication and difficulty.
Would i just code this 99024 for the physician part?
After informed consent and after the nurse had injected intravenous viscous lidocaine, it was noted that the curl of the distal portion of the ureteral stent was actually just outside of the urethral meatus and visible. Therefore, I was able to simply grasp this with my gloved fingers, and I removed the stent without complication and difficulty.
Would i just code this 99024 for the physician part?