The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed adding 11 new procedures to the ASC payable list next year, according to a report from ASCA.
The codes would be:
1. 07101T for "insertion of posterior spinous process distraction device including necessary removal of bone or ligament for insertion and image guidance, lumbar; single level."
2. 0172T for "insertion of posterior spinous process distraction device including necessary removal of bone or ligament for insertion and image guidance, lumbar; each additional level."
3. 57120 for "colpocleisis, Le Fort type."
4. 57310 for "closure of urethrovaginal fistula."
5. 58260 for "vaginal hysterectomy, for uterus 250 g or less J8."
6. 58262 for "vaginal hysterectomy, for uterus 250 g or less; with removal of tube(s) and/or ovary(s)."
7. 58543 for "laparoscopy, surgical, supracervical hysterectomy, for uterus greater than 250 g."
8. 58544 for "laparoscopy, surgical, supracervical hysterectomy, for uterus greater than 250 g; with removal of tube(s) and/or ovary(s)."
9. 58553 for "laparoscopy, surgical, with vaginal hysterectomy for uterus greater than 250 g.
10. 58554 for "laparoscopy, surgical, with vaginal hysterectomy, for uterus greater than 250 g; with removal of tube(s) and/or ovary(s)."
11. 58573 for "laparoscopy, surgical, with total hysterectomy for uterus greater than 250 g; with removal of tube(s) and/or ovary(s)."