"Treat the patient as a whole, not just as a stone former," Chew advises.
In this interview, Ben H. Chew, MD, MSc, associate professor of urologic sciences at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, discusses findings from the recent Journal of Endourology paper, “Metabolic Syndrome Negatively Impacts Stone-Specific Quality of Life,” for which he served as a study author.
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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.
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