The Urinary System subsection of the CPT manual is arranged anatomically by the subheading of kidney, ureter, bladder, and ___________.

_________is a procedure performed if the cause of a patient's condition is unknown

The Incision codes are assigned to report 5 services, what are they?

If a procedure begins as an exploratory procedure but becomes a definitive or corrective procedure, such as a repair of a lacerated kidney, only the _______ procedure is reported.

The term ____________ refers to that area located behind the peritoneum located in the abdominal cavity.

Open drainage of a peritoneal or renal abscess reports the drainage of a kidney abscess or the surrounding kidney tissue. If the drainage was of a retroperitoneal abscess, the service would be reported with the _________ code 49060.

A ______________ is a procedure used to decompress the renal system by means of the insertion of catheter into the kidney while leaving the other end of the catheter outside the body to temporarily drain the kidney.

A ____________ is exploration of the inside of the kidney.

___________ procedures include removal of calculus, secondary surgical operation for calculus, procedures complicated by congenital kidney abnormality and removal of a staghorn calculus.

________ used to be performed with a machine in which the patient was submersed in a fluid. Newer machines do not require submission, but rather the patient is placed on an x-ray table, and water-filled cushion is placed under the patient's back.

_____________ ____________ is a more invasive method of treating kidney stones and usually is performed with ultrasound. An incision i made over the kidney, a probe is inserted, and shock waves pulverize the stone.

True or False. When lithotripsy is performed to fragment kidney stones, the particles always pas out the body through the urinary system.

Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy or _____________ is a procedure to remove kidney stones. Entry is made through the patient's back.

A ________ is the removal of a kidney, either partial or radical.

__________ is the cutting away or erosion of tissue.

____________ is the transfer of tissue or an organ between two people who are not related.

___________ is transfer of tissue from one part of a person's body to another part of that person's body, also known as autograft.

______________ from a deceased or living donor, obtain kidney.

Standard __________ based on deceased or living donor, surgeon may perform additional surgery on the organ, such as venous, arterial, or ureteral anastomosis

An Evaluation and Management (E/M) code is used to report removal of an ________ accessible stent when imaging guidance is not used.

___________ is a surgical procedure for an obstruction of the ureteropelvic junction which connects the renal pelvis to the ureter.

What is the goal of a pyeloplasty?

What is a nephropexy?

What is the definition of nephrostomy?

Define pyelostomy.

A ___________ pyeloplasty includes all of the procedures in the simpey pyeloplasty, as indicated by the placement of the semicolon in 50400. Note that the semicolon is after the term 'splinting" which means that all the terms that precede the semicolon are included in the code description for the indented code.

The laparoscopy codes report ablation of renal ________ or ________.

Endoscopy codes are frequently reported for kidney procedures, because these types of procedures are less invasive than the open procedures and are often performed in an _____________ setting.

A _________ -50 is added if the procedure was performed bilaterally. The third party payer may require reporting modifiers -RT and -LT rather than modifier -50.

Under Ureter, the codes are based on the ___________.

The ureter is the tube that _________________________________.

The _______________ is the tissue that connects the ureter to the bladder.

Laproscopic ureterolithotomy is reported with code ___________, regardless of which portion of the ureter is involved.

Code 50660 includes all three approaches (abdominal, vaginal, or perineal) for a total __________or a combination. This means that if two or three approaches were utilized, you still only report one time.

Introduction codes include injection procedures, manometric studies, and change of tubes and or stents. Code 50684 reports an ________ procedure

___________ are tests to measure kidney and ureter flow and pressure.

Pelvic exenteration is reported with 51597, unless the diagnosis is gynecologic malignancy, then code ___________ should be reported.

True or False. The radiological supervision and interpretation are reprted in addition to the injection procedure.

_____________ is a procedure that is performed for bladder cancer. An anticarcinogenic agent is introduced into the bladder by means of a catheter.

__________ pertains to the motion and flow of urine

To locate endoscopy codes in the CPT index, use the main terms __________, _________, or cystourethroscopy.

Code 52204 reports a cystourethroscopy with biopsy and 52000 is also a cystourethroscopy. The difference is that 52000 is a ________ procedure only.

A ___________________________________ (TURBT) is a procedure in which a bladder tumor is removed by fulgurtion (electric current) or excision

Needle aspiration of bladder. Using the CPT manual code this

The ___________________ are also known as the paraurethral or the lesser vestibular glands and are located on either side of he urethra.

___________ is the repair of the meatus and the urethra and is performed to open and/or reconstruct the urethra.

The Male Genital System subsection of the CPT manual is divided into ____________subheadings.

The category codes are divided according to ____________.

For a superficial incision and drainage of the penis you would select a code from the __________ System subsection of the CPT manual.

Destruction codes are are divided on he basis of whether the destruction was _____ or ______.

Excision codes 54100-54164 include codes to report biopsy of the ______.

__________ is a curvature of the penis that results from plague formation on the cavernous sheaths of the penis.

Penile amputation can occur as a result of _________ or as a surgical procedure for penile cancer.

___________ codes are divided based on whether the circumcision was accomplished by means of a clamp/other device or surgical excision and whether the procedure was performed on a neonate or non-neonate.

A __________ is a device that is used to restrain the foreskin of the penis while the skin is trimmed.

Report newborn circumcisions that utilize a clamp or other device with (code) ________.

Circumcision code 54160 is assigned for infants aged __________ days or less.

_____________ is a state of prolonged erection that can last from hours to days because of the inability of the blood to flow from the penis, which returns to a flaccid state.

_________ is a condition in which the penis has a ventral curve and is a congenital deformity.

________is a congenital abnormaity in which the urethral meatus is abnormally placed, usually along the ventral (underside) of the shaft.

When coding for penile prostheses the code selection is determine by the type of implant, which may be _____________ or ________, and the type of service insertion, repair, removal, and/or replacement.

An __________ is the removal of a testis.

If during an exploratory procedure he testis is located and removed to the scrotal sac, the procedure becomes this corrective procedure_____________.

Code this using the CPT manual. Simple bilateral orchiectomy with insertion of prosthesis using scrotal approach. ________________

The __________ is a narrow, coiled tube located on the top of the testes that connects the efferent ducts at the back of each testicle to the vas deferens.

A vesiculotomy may be performed by incision either in the lower ________ area or the ___________ (between the anus and scrotum).

What does TURP stand for?

Biopsy of the prostate may be accomplished by one of three methods: incision, ___________, or ____________.

A _____________ is an incision into the prostate

_____________ is a type of radiation treatment for prostate cancer nd utilizes high dose rate or low dose and may be used in combination with biopsy/removal of lymph nodes.

Transrectal ultrasound , is guidance that is often used when reporting biopsy, evaluation and staging for prostate cancer, ____________, evaluation or aspiration of prostate abscess, evaluation of infertility, diagnosis of prostate abnormalities, and monitoring of treatment response,