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SUPRAPUBIC BLADDER ACCESS FOR STONE EXTRACTION

Date: Oct 13, 2023

Question:

Need correct code for procedure.....

Patient catheterized via umbilical cath channel by Urology...and needle inserted into bladder. Bladder lumen opacified. ...Then IR.....Skin of Abdomen prepped and draped and Ropivicaine infused at Venous insertion site. Urine obtained, rosen wire inserted into bladder and coiled. Tract dilated with stiff micropouncture set and secured within bladder. Care then transferred. to Urology for stone extraction. 

Is it 51702? Urology billed 51102 in addition to code for stone extraction

Question ID : 19504
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