A 6-month-old girl with recurrent urinary tract infections is found to have a congenital anatomical anomaly. Her ureters are not fully connected to the bladder. She is scheduled for bilateral ureteroneocystostomy. What CPT code should be used for this procedure?

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50780 with modifier -50 is the correct code for bilateral ureteroneocystostomy, which is also known as the anastomosis of both ureters to the bladder.
Code 50780 is incorrect because this code is for a single-sided ureteroneocystostomy. Code 50785, with or without the modifier -50, are both incorrect because there was no vesico-psoas hitch or bladder flap done during this procedure.

A 6-Month-Old Girl with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections Is Found