A search of a legal database found 42 cases related to cystectomy over a 30-year period.
In this episode, Rena Malik, MD, discusses the recent Urology Practice paper, “A 30-Year Review of Cystectomy Litigation,” for which she served as senior author. The paper, Malik says, “is a snapshot into what we can find about malpractice associated with cystectomy.” Malik is an assistant professor and director of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.
Coding Q&A: Billing for female total urethrectomy with complete cystectomy
January 5th 2024"When we think about a typical procedure for performing a radical cystectomy for cancer with an ileal conduit, that would typically involve lymph node dissection, and therefore CPT 51595 would be best chosen to report that combined procedure," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.
Coding Q&A: Billing for female total urethrectomy with complete cystectomy
January 5th 2024"When we think about a typical procedure for performing a radical cystectomy for cancer with an ileal conduit, that would typically involve lymph node dissection, and therefore CPT 51595 would be best chosen to report that combined procedure," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.
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