CPT Knowledgebase - Mar 22, 2018

Is code 50435 reported for the placement of a new nephrostomy tube via the old tract when the old nephrostomy tube had totally fallen out and the tract has closed? The procedure includes wire insertion from the old tract, tract dilatation, contrast injection, and new tube placement.

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