Just sharing the updated ACOG coding alert as of 7/2021 for Laparoscopic Salpingetomy for sterilization, above documentation was from 2016:
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Coding Alert! Laparoscopy: Salpingectomy (Changes to CPT 58661 Recommendations)
Lisa Satterfield
Modified on: Tue, 27 Jul, 2021 at 12:53 PM
Following a policy analysis of payer coverage and a discussion with the American Medical Association’s CPT Assistant Editorial Board and the CPT Panel’s Executive Committee, ACOG is revising recommendations for the use of CPT 58661:
Laparoscopy, surgical; with removal of adnexal structures (partial or total oophorectomy and/or salpingectomy).
ACOG has determined that the evidence validates CPT 58661 for the removal of the fallopian tubes for sterilization laparoscopically, and not the previous recommendation, CPT 58670.
Therefore, ACOG is recommending that CPT 58661 is the appropriate code for the removal of the fallopian tubes for sterilization.
As always, please confirm with individual payers for prior authorization and billing.