A 62 year-old woman with a history of urinary incontinence and incomplete bladder emptying presents for sling urethropexy and repair of a cystocele. the sling urethropexy is performed using a prosthetic mesh. the anterior repair is also performed without difficulty and both repairs are performed vaginally. what are the cpt® codes reported for this service?

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Aylin Simmons

24 June, 23:46

A 62 year-old woman with a history of urinary incontinence and incomplete bladder emptying presents for sling urethropexy and repair of a cystocele. the sling urethropexy is performed using a prosthetic mesh. the anterior repair is also performed without difficulty and both repairs are performed vaginally. what are the cpt® codes reported for this service?

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Tristen · Answer 1

The CPT code that should be reported for this service is 57288, 57240 - 51.

CPT [Current Procedural Terminology] code refers to the medical code that is established by the American Medical Association. It describes the medical, surgical and diagnostic services offer to patients and it is put in place to communicate uniform information about medical services. Each medical service has its own CPT code by which it is recorded.