AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1988 Second Quarter

Lithotripsy of Gallbladder Stones, 59.96

Note: As of October 1, 1989, gallbladder lithotripsy is coded to 98.52. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of the gallbladder has been assigned to code 59.96, Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy [ESWL]. Lithotripsy of the gallbladder is an alternative to cholecystectomy for the therapeutic management of symptomatic gallbladder stones (cholelithiasis). The first extracorporeal shock wave lithotriptor device was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December 1984 for the treatment of urinary stones. ICD-9-CM code 59.96 was assigned and implemented on October 1, 1986 to identify procedures performed with this device. ESWL is now...

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