AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2000 Fourth Quarter; NEW/REVISED PROCEDURE CODES

Prostate Thermotherapy

Recently, various forms of minimally invasive thermal therapies have emerged as alternatives to TURP for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. These treatments include transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT), transurethral needle ablation of the prostate (TUNA), interstitial laser thermal therapy (ILTT) and high-intensity focus ultrasound (HIFU) thermal therapy. Effective October 1, 2000, two new codes have been created to identify prostate thermotherapy. Code 60.96 is used to uniquely report transurethral destruction of prostate tissue by microwave thermotherapy (TUMT), and code 60.97, is used to report other transurethral destruction of prostate tissue by other thermotherapy (e.g. radiofrequency thermotherapy...

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