tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q1
Reader Question: Use New Prostate Ablation Code
Question: I’ve heard we can no longer use code C9747, so how should we report prostate ablation with focused ultrasound? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: HCPCS Level II 2021 deletes code C9747 (Ablation of prostate, transrectal, high intensity focused ultrasound (hifu), including imaging guidance), as you mentioned. You’ll find a new Category 1 code in CPT® 2021 that describes the procedure, which you can use in place of C9747 going forward. The code is 55880 (Ablation of malignant prostate tissue, transrectal, with high intensity-focused ultrasound (HIFU), including ultrasound guidance). In this procedure, the surgeon uses a high intensity focused...
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