🔬 Urology Specialty

Urology Billing Services That Maximize Your Surgical and Diagnostic Revenue

MedCare Billing Solutions specializes in urology billing for solo urologists, group practices, and academic medical centers. Our AAPC-certified coders know every cystoscopy bundling rule, TURP global period, and robotic surgery billing requirement — so your practice collects every dollar it earns.

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97.9%
Urology clean claim rate
25 days
Average days in AR for urology practices
4.9%
Denial rate (vs. 14% industry average)

Urology Billing Involves Complex Surgical Coding and Long Global Periods

Urology combines high-volume office procedures with complex surgical cases — each with its own global period, modifier rules, and bundling edits. Practices using general billing staff leave 12–20% of revenue uncollected due to:

  • ✓ Incorrect bundling of cystoscopy with upper urinary tract procedures
  • ✓ Missing separate billing for diagnostic vs. therapeutic ureteroscopy
  • ✓ Global period violations — billing separately during 90-day post-op period
  • ✓ Robotic surgery billing errors (da Vinci CPT codes + assistant surgeon)
  • ✓ Prior authorization failures for TURP, nephrectomy, and prostatectomy
  • ✓ Missing in-office procedure billing (urodynamics, biopsies, vasectomy)
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⚠️ The Urology Billing Gap

The average 3-urologist practice leaves $190,000–$380,000/year in uncollected revenue due to surgical bundling errors, global period violations, and robotic surgery miscoding. MedCare's specialists close that gap.

Most Common Urology Claim Errors:
  • Billing 52310 (removal) when 52315 (complicated) is supported
  • Missing -51 modifier for multiple procedures in same session
  • TURP (52601) post-op visits billed within 90-day global
  • Robotic prostatectomy (55866) missing assistant surgeon claim

Urology CPT Codes We Bill Daily

Our coders are trained on all urological procedure codes — from in-office diagnostics to complex robotic surgeries.

CPT Code Procedure Common Billing Issue
52000Cystoscopy, diagnosticBundled incorrectly with upper urinary tract procedures
52310 / 52315Cystoscopy with ureteral catheter/stone removalUsing simple code when complicated criteria met; revenue difference = $400+
52630TURP (transurethral resection of prostate)Post-op visits billed during 90-day global period causing recoupment
55866Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (robotic)Missing assistant surgeon billing; robotic add-on (S2900) not billed
50590Lithotripsy (ESWL)Missing radiological supervision code (76000); wrong facility split
51700–51798Urodynamics studiesComponent codes unbundled incorrectly; missing -TC/-26 modifiers
55700Prostate biopsyMissing ultrasound guidance code (76942) billed separately
54150 / 54161Circumcision (newborn/older)Wrong code for patient age; bundled incorrectly with hospital services

Full-Service Urology RCM

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Eligibility & Prior Auth

Real-time eligibility verification and prior authorization for TURP, prostatectomy, nephrectomy, lithotripsy, and all surgical procedures before every case.

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Urology Procedure Coding

AAPC-certified coders with urology subspecialty expertise. We handle in-office procedures, hospital-based surgeries, robotic cases, and urologic oncology billing.

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Claims Submission

Electronic claim submission within 24 hours. Claims scrubbed against urology-specific NCCI edits and global period rules before every submission.

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Denial Management

Specialized urology denial appeal team. We fight global period denials, bundling disputes, and medical necessity denials for surgical cases.

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AR Follow-Up

Aggressive AR management. We keep your 90+ day AR below 10% and actively recover aged balances from commercial and government payers.

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Credentialing

Full urologist credentialing with Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payers, plus hospital privilege support. Prevent revenue gaps from enrollment delays.

Urology Billing Questions

How do you manage global period billing for urology surgeries?
We track global periods for every surgical procedure and flag any visit or service that falls within a global period. When a service is legitimately billable during the global period (unrelated diagnosis, new problem), we apply the correct modifiers (-24, -25, -79) to ensure payment.
Can you handle robotic surgery billing (da Vinci)?
Yes. We bill robotic prostatectomy, nephrectomy, and other robotic urology procedures using the correct laparoscopic CPT codes, assistant surgeon claims, and where applicable the S2900 robotic add-on. We also handle the facility-side billing coordination.
Do you handle urologic oncology billing?
Yes. We handle the full urologic oncology spectrum — prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer procedures, including BCG instillation billing, intravesical chemotherapy, and surveillance cystoscopy coding.
How do you handle in-office procedure billing?
We capture every in-office billable service — urodynamics, prostate biopsies, vasectomies, urethral dilations, and more. These high-margin in-office procedures are frequently under-billed by general billing staff unfamiliar with urology.

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