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Coding & Billing
Prostate Biopsy Technique in Search of a CPT Code
Lisa Weston, CPC-H, LHRM

If your surgeons are performing a new procedure to collect prostate biopsies, you'll likely have a hard time getting paid for it.

For one thing, there's no CPT code for stereotactic transperineal prostate biopsy, only alphanumeric code 0137T, a temporary code that carriers use for tracking and trending purposes. The only way that some surgical centers may be getting reimbursed for the procedure is by billing it as 55700 (biopsy of prostate), but this isn't sound strategy.

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