Payment in Practice: Conversations for OB/GYNs

Conversations with Coders: Opportunistic Salpingectomy

ACOG Payment in Practice Season 1 Episode 1

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In this episode of the Payment in Practice podcast, our coding experts have a conversation on how to report sterilization performed as a bilateral salpingectomy at the time of a scheduled repeat cesarean delivery. Tune in as they overview the process of CPT codes updates and explain bilateral salpingectomy has become common and is supported by ACOG Committee Opinion 774 for ovarian cancer risk reduction.


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