AMA CPT® Assistant - 1999 Issue 7 (July)
Hysterosonography and Hysterosalpingography (July 1999)
July 1999 pages 8-9 Coding Communication Hysterosonography and Hysterosalpingography The most common use of hysterosonography is for evaluation of patients with dysfunctional or postmenopausal bleeding when endometrial abnormalities (eg polyps, hyperplasia, carcinoma) are suspected. Hysterosonography may also be used to evaluate fallopian tube patency and endometrial cavity anatomy for infertility patients. Hysterosonography entered into widespread use over the past four years. This growth is due in part to the avoidance of the exposure to radiation and iodinated contrast (associated with x-ray hysterosalpingography), anesthesia, and an operative setting (associated with hysteroscopy). Hysterosonography shares some of the same technical imaging requirements...
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