Question

l 6. A physician injected the penis on the dorsal side to break up scarring that was causing painful erection Which code should be reported? A. 54235 B. 54231 C. 54230 D. 54200 7. A urologist perfoms three needle biopsies of the prostate gland using ultrasonic guidance in hospital. Which code(s) should be reported? A 55700x3 B. 55700x3, 76942 C. 55700, 76942-26 D. 55700, 76942-51 8. A urologist performs a meatotomy, urethral dilation, and TURP on a male patient with urinary retention urethral stenosis, and vesical neck stenosis, Which code(s) should be reported? A 52500, 53605-51 B. 52601, 52500-51 C.52500, 52601 D. 52601 9. A physician dilates the urethra, which passes through the prostate, using a urethral dilator under general anesthesia. Which code should be reported? A. 53600 B. 53660 C. 53605 D. 52344 10. The patient was born with distal hypospadias and has had two prior surgeries to correct the abnormality. The patient now presents with urethral fistula and urethral diverticulum, both of which are complica- tions of his previous hypospadias condition. During the repair procedure, the urethra was explored and found to be dilated and required tapering. A long urethral plate was ready for tubularization. The proximal urethral plate was at the urethra and was tapered proximal to the fistula. Unroofing the distal urethra and incision on either side of the urethra distally formed the distal urethral plate. Excess shatft skin was trimmed off in order to have sufficient skin to wrap around the penis. Which code(s) should be reported? A 54344 B. 54304-80 C. 54344-62 D. 54304-50

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Answer

6) except option C, all other codes refer to introduction procedure of penis.

7) Options B,C are applicable

8) optios A, B are applicable

9) option C is applicable

10) options A,C,D are applicable

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