AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1989 First Quarter

Other Procedures for Removal of Ureteral Stone(s)

A two-step procedure may be carried out where it is necessary to perform a ureteral catheterization to manipulate a ureteral stone back into the renal pelvis, 59.8. The second step is that of a percutaneous nephrostomy with fragmentation of stone, 55.04, which includes an insertion of a catheter down into the ureter for passage of fragmented stones. Ureteral catheterization with manipulation of ureteral stone back to the renal pelvis, 59.8, may be followed by either percutaneous nephrostomy with fragmentation of stone(s), 55.04, or by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, 59.96. (Effective October 1, 1989, extracorporeal...

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