September 22nd 2023
Proper coding for percutaneous nephrolithotomy includes code 50081.
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Billing for nephroscopy with ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy
July 19th 2023"CPT codes 50080 and 50081 describe the antegrade approach to stone removal requiring lithotripsy through a nephrostomy tract, with 50080 being reported for stones less than 2 cm in size in a single location, whereas 50081 would be reported for large or complex stones, stones in multiple locations, or stones in the ureter (such as in the example provided)," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.
Expert: Clinicians must understand biases when offering stone treatments
February 13th 2023"The biggest take-home message for any urologist who's treating kidney stones is to understand that what we consider to be success may not be what our patients consider to be success," says John Michael DiBianco, MD.
MUSC Kidney Stone Center ensures patients with kidney stones get treatment within 24 hours
February 12th 2023We have a dedicated full-time team. We have three fellowship-trained urologic specialists in stone disease. We will offer every treatment for stone disease, including endoscopic surgery, percutaneous surgery, robotic surgery and shockwave therapy,” said urologist Stephen Savage, MD, who leads the center.
Tool seeks to aid in decision between shock wave lithotripsy and URS in kidney stones
February 1st 2023“We aimed to develop a surgical decision aid to help facilitate this decision-making process for patients who are candidates for either shock wave lithotripsy or ureteroscopy with kidney stones,” says John Michael DiBianco, MD.
2022 recap: Dr. Chi highlights milestones in stone disease
December 30th 2022“We've got a lot of movement in terms of understanding how stones form, some pharmaceutical interventions that we can use to prevent stones, and then how we can get even less invasive to try to get stones in the least morbid way for our patients,” says Thomas Chi, MD.
Combined ultrasound procedure found effective in treating ureteral stones
November 3rd 2022"These technologies have the potential to provide an advantageous and patient-centered solution for the gap between expectant management and urologic intervention for symptomatic ureteral stones,” says M. Kennedy Hall, MD, MHS.
“A wild and woolly time”: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for kidney stones
March 23rd 2022In this installment of Urology Times' 50th Anniversary Innovation Celebration, James E. Lingeman, MD, discusses the development of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney stones.
Urology Times 50 Innovations Series: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for stones
March 23rd 2022"The seminal innovation was the idea that you could create a focused shock wave that could be delivered into the body in a non-invasive way that had sufficient energy to break up a stone but not damage other structures," says James E. Lingeman, MD.
Dr. Demirjian on prediction model for acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery
March 21st 2022“One thing from our study that you can take home [is] no matter what the surgery is, small changes right after surgery can actually tell you more than we usually give them credit for,” says Sevag Demirjian, MD.
Investigators identify relationship between climate change and kidney stone occurrence
February 14th 2022Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE, and Jason Kaufman co-authored a study that investigated the association between kidney stone presentations in South Carolina under 2 different climate change scenarios.