PROGRESS NOTE PATIENT: Davis, Levi
DATE: 09/08/2014
MEDICAL NOTE:
The patient is actively being treated for bladder cancer. The patient presented to the office today for bladder instillation treatment. The patient was catheterized and his bladder was emptied of all contents. An anticarcinogenic agent was introduced into the bladder at 0100 hours. The patient was instructed to lie in supine position for 45 minutes. The physician returned at 0145 hours and emptied the bladder of the anticarcinogenic agent. The patient tolerated the procedure well. The patient was instructed to return to office in one week for the next treatment and a follow-up examination. What is the correct code for the instillation treatment only?

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The correct code for the instillation procedure is 51720 (Bladder Instillation of Anticarcinogenic Agent (Including Retention Time)). In this procedure, an anticarcinogenic agent for the treatment of cancer was instilled into the bladder and held for a certain amount of time in order to kill cancer cells. This is a common treatment for bladder cancer.