Genitourinary Systems

Lamon Willis
Urinary System
Anatomy
Male
Anatomy
• Two kidneys (filters) • Nephro = kidney
• Renal pelvis/one per • Renal = related to kidney
kidney (funnels urine into • Pyelo = renal pelvis
ureters)
• Two ureters (to bladder)
• One bladder (storage)
• One urethra (exit)
Anatomy
• Kidneys
• Retroperitoneal (behind the peritoneal cavity)
• Right kidney
• Liver is Superior and anterior to the right kidney
• 12th thoracic vertebrae
• Left kidney
• Contact with spleen, pancreas and stomach
• Contact with the 11th rib
• Andrenal glands sit on top of the kidneys
Anatomy
• Diseases of Kidneys & Ureters
• Atrophic kidney
• Horseshoe kidney
• Kidney may be found in the pelvis
• Double ureters
• Ureters – muscular tubes extending from the renal pelvis to the
bladder
• Retroperitoneal
• Attach to the bladder
Anatomy
• Stones (syn. Calculi, nephrolithiasis, or kidney stones)
• Junction of ureters and renal pelves (pl.)
• Where ureters cross the brim of the pelvic inlet
• Where ureters pass through the wall of the bladder
Anatomy
• Bladder
• Hollow muscular viscus
• Walls of the bladder are composed of muscle
• As urine fills the bladder, stretch receptors in the muscle wall respond
• With relaxation, urine passes through the sphincter into the urethra
and outside the body
• Male – urine left in the urethra is ejected by contraction of muscles
located in the perineum
• Female – urethra is fairly short, explains why females more easily
get bladder infections
Anatomy – Male Reproductive
• Testicles (sperm production, contained in scrotum)
• Duct system (transport sperm)
• Epididymis
• Vas deferens
• Accessory glands (contribute to ejaculate)
• Seminal vesicles
• Prostate gland
• Penis
• shaft
• glans
• prepuce
Procedures in CPT

50010-53899
• Arranged by location/procedure type
• Incision, excision, repair, etc.
• Bilateral vs. Unilateral
• Operating Microscope (69990) may be separate
• Surgical endoscopy always includes diagnostic endoscope
Kidney Procedures
• Incision – All incision procedures performed as inpatient
services
• “otomy”
• Nephrotomy (50045) = incision of kidney
• Pyelotomy (50120-50135) = incision of renal pelvis
• Nephrolithotomy (50060-50075)
• Incision to remove calculi
• Percutaneous removal of calculi (50080-50081)
• Nephrostomy tract (50395)
Kidney Procedures
• Excision – performed as inpatient services
• “-ectomy”
• e.g., nephrectomy (50234, 50236)
• Radical
• Supporting or adjacent structures
• Areas of lymph nodes are taken
• Ablation
Kidney Procedures
• Introduction (aspiration, injection, instillation) (50382-
50398)
• Ureteral stents
• Percutaneous (50382-50384)
• Transurethral (50385-50386)
• Externally accessible (50387)
• Pyelography (50392-50394)
• Manometric Studies (50396)
• Tube change (50398)
Kidney Procedures
• Repair (50400-50540)
• “-orrhaphy” “-pexy” “-ostomy”
• Inpatient only
• Laparoscopy (50541-50549)
• Code by procedure
• Endoscopy (50551-50580)
• Performed through natural or created opening
• eg, renal endoscopy (50551)
Kidney Procedures
• Lithotripsy (50590)
• Crushing of calculi (stones)
• Percutaneous ablation of renal tumors (50592)
• Cryotherapy for renal tumors (50593)
Ureter Procedures
• Introduction (50684-50690)
• Repair (eg, for stricture, inflammation, injury)
• Revision of urinary-cutaneous anastomosis (50727)
• Laparoscopy (eg, 50947, 50948)
• Endoscopy (50951-50980)
• Examination of renal and ureteral structures
• Code by approach
Bladder Procedures
• Bladder
• Incision
• eg, cystotomy, cystostomy, cystolithotomy
• Removal (51100-51102)
• Aspiration
Bladder Procedures
• Excision/cystectomy (51500-51597)
• Diverticulum vs. tumor
• Introduction (51600-51720)
• Injection with X-ray (51600-51610)
• Insertion of bladder catheter (51701-51703)
• Cystostomy tube change (51705-51710)
• Irrigation/instillation (51700)
Bladder Procedures
• Urodynamics – likely CDM/hard-coded items
• CMG (51725-51729, 51797)
• Pressure studies are separately reported
• Uroflowmetry (51736-51741)
• EMG (51784-51785)
• Evoked response (51792)
• Ultrasonography (51798)
Bladder Procedures
• Repair (51800-51980)
• Urethropexy
• Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK) or Burch (51840-51841) –
inpatient only
• Stress urinary incontinence (SUI)
• Closure of fistulas
• Colposuspension
• Sling procedures (57288)
• Female specific
Bladder Procedures
• Laparoscopy (51990-51999)
• Incontinence
• Surgical laparoscopic approach for SUI (51990, 51992)
• Endoscopy (52000-52010)
• Code by location (ureter, pelvis, vesical neck, prostate)
Urethral Procedures
• Male (53000-53899)
• Prostatic
• Membranous
• Penile
• Incision
• Urethrotomy (53000-53010)
• Meatotomy (53020/50325)
• Skene’s Glands (53060/53270)
Urethral Procedures
• Excision
• Total excision of urethra w/ cystostomy
• Female specific (53210)
• Male specific (53215)
• Excision of diverticulum
• Female (53230)
• Male (53235)
• Excision of Cowper’s gland(53250)
• Male specific
Urethral Procedures
• Repair (53400-53520)
• Urethroplasty
• Type of repair
• Gender
• Sling for incontinence (53440-53442)
• Male specific
• Urethrorrhaphy
• Female (53502)
• Male (53505-53515)
Urethral Procedures
• Manipulation (53600-53665)
• Other Procedures (53850-53899)
• Transuretheral prostate destruction (53850-53852)
• Male specific
• Temp. prostatic stent (53855)
Male Genital
Penile Procedures
• Incision (54000-54015)
• Destruction (54050-54065)
• Excision (54100-54164)
• Excision of plaque (54110-54112)
• Penectomy (54120-54135)
• Circumcision (54150-54161)
Penile Procedures
• Introduction (54200-54250)
• Repair (54300-54440)
• Hypospadia/epispadia (54300-54390)
• Prosthesis (54400-54417)
• Manipulation (54450)
Testis Procedures
• Biopsy (54500-54505)
• Test sperm production
• Orchiectomy (removal)/orchiopexy (repair)
• By abdominal laparoscope (54690-54692)
• Orchiopexy
• By approach
Testis Procedures
• Epididymis (54700-54901)
• Tunica Vaginalis (55000-55060)
• Scrotum (55100-55180)
• Vas Deferens (55200-55450)
• Spermatic Cord (55500-55559)
• Seminal Vesicles (55600-55680)
Prostate Procedures
• Biopsy (55700)
• w/ imaging guidance (76942 in addition)
• Both professional (26) and technical (TC) components
• Excision (55801-55845)
• Code by approach, lymph node involvement
• Other procedures (55870-55899)
• treatments for malignancy
Male Reproductive Procedures
• 55920 Placement of needles or catheters into pelvic organs
and/or genitalia (except prostate for subsequent interstitial
radioelement application
Anatomy
Female
Anatomy – Female
External genitalia
• Mons pubis
• Labia (majora and minora)
• Hymen
• Bartholin’s glands
• Clitoris
• Urethra
Anatomy – Female
Internal Genitalia
• Vagina
• Uterus
• Cervix
• Fallopian tubes (“tubes” or oviducts)
• Ovaries
Female Genital Procedures
• Surgery (56405-58999)
• Arranged by anatomy “outside to inside”
• Terms used to describe external female genitalia
• Perineum
• Vulva
• Pudenda
• Introitus
• Consider terminology to determine procedure
• -ectomy = removal
Female Genital Procedures
• Vulva (56405-56821)
• Vagina (5700-57426)
• 57022
• Only CPT® code related to obstetrical complications NOT in
labor/delivery section
• Cervix Uteri (57452-57800)
• Os = opening of cervix
Female Genital Procedures
• Corpus Uteri (58100-58579)
• Fundus = (body) of uterus
• Endometrium = glandular lining tissue
• Myometium = muscular wall of uterus
• Excision
• Biopsy < Myomectomy < Hysterectomy
• D&C
• Remove endometrium
Female Genital Procedures
• Endoscopy
• Inspection of cavity/hollow organ using a scope
• Laparoscopy = examination of abdominal cavity
• Surgical Endoscopy Always Includes Diagnostic Endoscopy
Female Genital Procedures
• Hysterectomy
• 58150-58294 not by scope
• 58541-58554, 58570-58579 by scope
• Total
• Removal of fundus + cervix (e.g., 58150)
• TAH = removed through abdomen
• TVH = removed through vagina
• Partial
• Removal of fundus (cervix remains) (e.g., 58180)
• LSH (Laparoscopic surpacervical)
Female Genital Procedures
• Hysteroscopy (58555-58565, 58579)
• Endoscopy of uterine cavity
• Oviduct/Ovary (58600-58770)
• Tubal ligation
• Ovary (58000-58960)
Female Genital Procedures
• All Maternity Care and Delivery services would be
performed in an inpatient setting and training provided as
part of inpatient ICD-10-PCS coding.