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Aug 14th, 2012 - quicam
pvr/retention
For a f/u retention pt with a cath, my physician likes to fill the bladder with 200cc of saline solution and then pull the cath to see if the pt can urinate on their own. What is the appropriate CPT® code (if there is one) for filling the bladder and pulling the cath. (no scanning is done ie:bladder scan) Please help.
Aug 14th, 2012 - nmaguire 2,606
re: pvr/retention
Did you look at code 51701?
Aug 14th, 2012 -
re: pvr/retention
[Did you look at code 51701?]
Yes. The patient already has the catheter in when coming in for the appt.