HCPCS Code C7546
Removal and replacement of externally accessible nephroureteral catheter (eg, external/internal stent) requiring fluoroscopic guidance, with ureteral stricture balloon dilation, including imaging guidance and all associated radiological supervision and interpretation
Temporary Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System
C7546 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Removal and replacement of externally accessible nephroureteral catheter (eg, external/internal stent) requiring fluoroscopic guidance, with ureteral stricture balloon dilation, including imaging guidance and all associated radiological supervision and interpretation or just “Rep nph/urt cath w/dil stric” for short, used in Surgery.
| HCPCS Level II Code Temporary Codes for Use with Outpatient Prospective Payment System |
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| HCPCS Code | C7546 |
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| Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
| HCPCS Modifier1 | |
| HCPCS Pricing indicator |
11 - Price established using national RVU's
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| Multiple pricing indicator |
A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
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| Coverage code | C - Carrier judgment |
| BETOS2 code | P6C - Minor procedures - other (Medicare fee schedule) |
| HCPCS Action code | N - No maintenance for this code |
| Type of service | 2 - Surgery |
| Effective date | Effective Jan 01, 2024 |
| Date added | Added Jan 01, 2023 |
| HCPCS Coding Procedures | |
HCPCS Modifiers
In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.
Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
“NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment
See also
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HCPCS C7545 · Percutaneous exchange of biliary drainage catheter (eg, external, internal-external, or conversion of internal-external to external only), with removal of calculi/debris from biliary duct(s) and/or gallbladder, including destruction of calculi by any method (eg, mechanical, electrohydraulic, lithotripsy) when performed, including diagnostic cholangiography(ies) when performed, imaging guidance (eg, fluoroscopy), and all associated radiological supervision and interpretation
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HCPCS C7547 · Convert nephrostomy catheter to nephroureteral catheter, percutaneous via pre-existing nephrostomy tract, with ureteral stricture balloon dialation, including diagnostic nephrostogram and/or ureterogram when performed, imaging guidance (eg, ultrasound and/or fluoroscopy) and all associated radiological supervision and interpretation
1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).
2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”
