Make This Conization Distinction : Reader Questions - AAPC Answer: Codes 57522 (Conization of cervix, with or without fulguration, with or without dilation and curettage, with or without repair; loop electrode excision) and 57461 (Colposcopy of the cervix including upper adjacent vagina; with loop electrode conization of the cervix) are identical procedures except in one instance -- code 57461 includes
Draw the Line Between LEEP Biopsy of Cervix and Conization of Cervix . . . Code 57522 (Conization of cervix, with or without fulguration, with or without dilation and curettage, with or without repair; loop electrode excision) describes a LEEP conization procedure The ob-gyn takes all of the exocervix, all of the transformation zone, and all or part of the endocervix without using a colposcope
Heres How to Determine Whether the LEEP Was a Conization or . . . - AAPC Code 57522 (Conization of cervix, with or without fulguration, with or without dilation and curettage, with or without repair; loop electrode excision) describes a LEEP conization procedure The ob-gyn takes all of the exocervix, all of the transformation zone, and all or part of the endocervix without using a colposcope
Look Into LEEP Options : READER QUESTIONS - AAPC Answer: Code 57522 (Conization of cervix, with or without fulguration, with or without dilation and curettage, with or without repair; loop electrode excision) represents the loop electrocautery excision procedure (LEEP), but be sure that the documentation indicates that the ob-gyn removed all of the transformation zone and all or part of the
57461 vs. 57522? | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC 57522--Conization of cervix, with without fulguration, with without D C, with without repair; loop electrode excision (90 day global) My doctor is telling me that the colp with loop electrode conization is the same thing as the conization (without fulguration, without D C, without repair), as far as the procedure goes
Post-LEEP Follow-Up: E M or 99024? : READER QUESTIONS - AAPC But only code 57522 has a global surgical period (90 days) This means you should include routine follow-up visits to ensure recovery from the procedure (such as 99024, Postoperative follow-up visit, normally included in the surgical package, to indicate that an evaluation and management service was performed during a postoperative period for a
Wiki - Global periods | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC It depends on how they billed the procedure you had done or what was done during your procedure Code: 57460 (Bx of cervix w scope, leep) has a global days of 000, code 57461 (Conz of cervix w scope, leep) has global day of 000, and code 57522 (Conization of cervix) has global day of 090 You would need to ask how your visit was billed if they match your records for that procedure