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CPT Knowledgebase - Mar 27, 2015
What is the appropriate code to report destruction of an internal hemorrhoid by thermal energy application? The physician calls the procedure a bipolar radiofrequency hemorrhoidectomy and wants to report either code 46945, Hemorrhoidectomy, internal, by ligation other than rubber band; single hemorrhoid column/group, or code 46999, Unlisted procedure, anus.
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