Get 2017 CPT CODE SHEET Revised 517.xls

If you urologist's documentation does indicate he performed a barbotage procedure, you can report 51700 (Bladder irrigation, simple, lavage and/or instillation). You'll also report 52000 (Cystourethroscopy [separate procedure]) for the cystoscopy.

11. CPT code 51700 (Bladder irrigation, simple, lavage and/or instillation) is used to report irrigation with therapeutic agents or as an independent therapeutic procedure.

The definition for code 51700 does not mention catheter insertion, which means you can report the code even if a catheter is already in place. CPT® also instructs you to not report 51701-51702 when catheter insertion is an inclusive component of another procedure.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offer a free search (CPT code lookup) for RVU for every CPT code. Users can also request a CPT/RVU Data File license from the AMA to easily import codes and descriptions into existing claims and medical billing systems.

CPT codes 99218-99220, initial observation care, describe physician visits during a patient's stay in observation status. CPT codes 99234-99236, observation or inpatient care, are used when the patient is placed in observation status or admitted to inpatient status and then discharged on the same date.

For CPT®, use add-on code 99417 for prolonged care. As with all of these codes, both CPT®️ and HCPCS, the prolonged code may only be added to the highest-level code in the category and then only when time is used to select the service. The definition of 99417 is above.

Urology Coding Alert A trained nurse may perform 51700 for the Parson's cocktail or 51720 for the instillation of an anticarcinogenic agent such a BCG or on the basis of a physician's order. However, the physician must be in the office suite when these services are performed by a nurse.

You'll see that this code pairing produces no National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) procedure-to-procedure (PTP) edits. Therefore, you can report codes 52260 and 51700 together without a modifier.