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. 2016 Dec 1;1(1):250–265. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2016.0031

Identifying the Transgender Population in the Medicare Program

Kimberly Proctor 1,,2,,, Samuel C Haffer 1,,†,,*, Erin Ewald 3, Carla Hodge 1, Cara V James 1
PMCID: PMC5367475  PMID: 28861539

Abstract

Purpose: To identify and describe the transgender population in the Medicare program using administrative data.

Methods: Using a combination of International Classification of Diseases ninth edition (ICD-9) codes relating to transsexualism and gender identity disorder, we analyzed 100% of the 2013 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) “final action” claims from both institutional and noninstitutional providers (∼1 billion claims) to identify individuals who may be transgender Medicare beneficiaries. To confirm, we developed and applied a multistage validation process.

Results: Four thousand ninety-eight transgender beneficiaries were identified, of which ∼90% had confirmatory diagnoses, billing codes, or evidence of a hormone prescription. In general, the racial, ethnic, and geographic distribution of the Medicare transgender population tends to reflect the broader Medicare population. However, age, original entitlement status, and disease burden of the transgender population appear substantially different.

Conclusions: Using a variety of claims information, ranging from claims history to additional diagnoses, billing modifiers, and hormone prescriptions, we demonstrate that administrative data provide a valuable resource for identifying a lower bound of the Medicare transgender population. In addition, we provide a baseline description of the diversity and disease burden of the population and a framework for future research.

Keywords: : administrative data, disease burden, intersectionality, Medicare, transgender

Introduction

Despite increased awareness and greater societal acceptance of people who are transgender, the inability to systematically identify and study the transgender population greatly hampers our capacity to conduct meaningful analysis of this group. Minimal representative national data exist,1 studies attempting to estimate the size and health needs of the transgender population have generally relied on nonprobability survey samples,2 and analyses utilizing more robust research designs have largely focused on single states.3 Furthermore, population-based studies of transgender individuals entitled to Medicare due to age (65 and older), disability, or end-stage renal disease are nonexistent, demonstrating the need for more and better research focused on sexual and gender minorities, including the transgender population. Toward this end, recent research conducted at the Department of Veterans Affairs suggests the potential utility of using healthcare administrative data to identify persons who are transgender.4 Expanding on this work, we explore the use of Medicare billing data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs, to identify and describe Medicare's transgender population.

The transgender population includes individuals whose gender identity, gender expression, or gender behavior does not typically conform to the sex they were assigned at birth.5 This community experiences a particularly high disease burden, including significantly higher rates of substance abuse,6–8 HIV/AIDS,9–11 and mental illness.10,12,13 Discrimination in the healthcare setting only exacerbates these adverse health outcomes. Twenty-eight percent of transgender persons report postponing medical care when sick due to discrimination, 19% report that doctors have refused to provide them care because of their transgender status, 28% report facing harassment in the medical setting, 2% report facing violence in a doctor's office, and >50% report that they had to teach their doctor about transgender healthcare.2 Taken together, transgender persons experience suboptimal health outcomes across a variety of areas while systematically lacking access to the institutions that have the ability to address these medical needs.

Even when transgender persons are able to receive care, insurers routinely deny treatment related to medical transitions. Transitioning is the process of living as the gender with which a transgender person identifies, rather than the gender assigned to them at birth.2 Medical transitions include any type of transgender-related surgery, such as sex-reassignment surgery or cosmetic procedures, and hormone therapy, such as taking prescriptions for cross-sex hormones. Medical transitions are particularly relevant for the Medicare program, which covers certain aspects of these medical treatments and includes this information in Medicare claims data.

Until 2015, providers treating patients enrolled in Medicare used the International Classification of Diseases ninth edition (ICD-9) to indicate a patient's specific medical diagnoses when submitting medical claims to CMS. ICD-9 contains multiple diagnosis codes that are transgender specific, including the following codes14: 302.50 (Transsexualism with unspecified sexual history), 302.51 (Transsexualism with asexual history), 302.52 (Transsexualism with homosexual history), 302.53 (Transsexualism with heterosexual history), 302.6 (Gender Identity Disorder [GID] in children), and 302.85 (GID in adolescents or adults).

CMS also advises providers to utilize two billing modifiers that apply to the transgender population, including the condition code 45 modifier and the KX modifier. Medicare billing modifiers are two-digit codes appended to procedure codes or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes that provide additional information about the billed procedures.15,16 Providers use billing modifiers to avoid rejection of claims with a gender/procedure conflict. For example, the CMS system will reject a claim where a physician provided a female pelvic examination for a male beneficiary, as female pelvic examinations are considered sex specific (i.e., only for females). Because transgender beneficiaries may have changed their sex on record, they are at a high risk for experiencing gender/procedure conflicts. In this instance, a transman (female to male transition) may have his claim for a medically necessary pelvic examination rejected inappropriately. Therefore, condition code 45 and the KX modifier are used to process claims with gender-specific editing that CMS would normally reject due to gender/procedure mismatches. A list of the gender-specific procedure codes related to condition code 45 and the KX modifier is included in Appendix Table 1.

Similar to diagnosis codes and billing modifiers, CMS also maintains a record of each Medicare beneficiary's prescriptions. The Medicare Part D prescription drug plan covers medically necessary hormones for transgender persons, such as cross-sex hormones. Records of these prescriptions are available in CMS's administrative files and include the generic and brand names of prescription drugs, as well as details about the prescription. A list of hormone therapy-related prescription drugs is included in Appendix Table 2.

As a result, it may be possible to identify transgender Medicare beneficiaries using one or a combination of these diagnosis codes, billing modifiers, and prescription drug events.

Methods

Utilizing the CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW), which contains CMS data on Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and their claims, we analyzed 100% of the CMS Fee-For-Service (FFS) final action claims from both institutional and noninstitutional providers for calendar year 2013. These claims included inpatient and outpatient hospital claims, carrier claims (e.g., physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners), and claims from skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospice care, and those relating to durable medical equipment. In total, this covered ∼1 billion claims.

In the first component of the analysis, we searched each claim for any occurrence in any position of diagnosis codes 302.50, 302.51, 302.52, 302.53, 302.6, or 302.85. Once we identified the universe of claims meeting our criteria, we used the unique Medicare beneficiary identifier present on each claim to identify unique observations. Following this identification process, we used the unique beneficiary identifier to link to the Medicare Enrollment and Medicare Part D Data in the CCW.

Because administrative records contain a degree of error and the billing modifiers are not unique to the transgender community, the data potentially contain a high probability of producing false positives, in which nontransgender beneficiaries are identified as transgender. To address this concern, we developed a supplementary method for validating the initial classification. The first validation step analyzes the repeated application of ICD-9 codes 302.50, 302.51, 302.52, 302.53, 302.6, and/or 302.85, with persons receiving more than one diagnosis in 2013 having a validated classification. The second and third validation steps analyze the relevant ICD-9 codes over time. If the beneficiary had one or more of these diagnoses in the preceding year (2012) or subsequent year (2014), indicating an ongoing trend of receiving the diagnosis, the classification was validated. The fourth validation step incorporated data on ICD-9 code 259.9 (Unspecified Endocrine Disorder), which is frequently used by the transgender community to combat the perceived stigma of a GID diagnosis. If a beneficiary received at least one diagnosis from the transgender-specific ICD-9 codes and also received a diagnosis of 259.9, the classification was validated. The fifth validation step incorporated prescriptions for sex hormones, with persons receiving a transgender-specific diagnosis code and a prescription for a sex hormone representing a validated classification. The sixth validation step examined the principal diagnosis code and, if the principal diagnosis code was from a transgender-specific ICD-9 code, that observation was validated. Finally, the seventh and eighth validation steps incorporated the billing claims modifiers to validate classifications. If a beneficiary received a relevant ICD-9 code and had at least one claim containing the condition code 45 modifier or the KX modifier, the classification was validated.

Given the limitations of using ICD-9 259.9, sex hormones, and claim modifiers to identify transgender Medicare beneficiaries, these aspects of medically transitioning were only included as validation steps, rather than unique identifiers. Although this conservative approach restricts the size of the cohort, it is the only mechanism for guaranteeing that nontransgender persons are not misclassified as transgender. To demonstrate, there were over 5000 Medicare beneficiaries in 2013 with a claim containing the KX modifier or condition code 45 and a gender/procedure conflict, with only 3.90% of these beneficiaries receiving a transgender-specific ICD-9 diagnosis code. Given our limited ability to determine if the remaining 96.10% of these beneficiaries are transgender or not, we recommend that researchers avoid utilizing these modifiers alone and incorporate additional data, such as ICD-9 codes, to classify beneficiaries as transgender.

Results

Enumerating Medicare's transgender population

Using this methodology, we identified 4098 persons as transgender Medicare beneficiaries. Table 1 demonstrates these findings along with results from the validation logic. This classification method was highly accurate, with 89.26%, or 3658 persons, having enough information in their claims history to validate their classification as transgender. This demonstrates that researchers interested in studying Medicare's transgender population can identify a meaningfully large and accurate population using ICD-9 codes in conjunction with supplementary claims data. This does not imply that the 10.74% of observations not validated are incorrectly classified or that this method identifies all transgender persons enrolled in Medicare, rather, it provides a conservative estimate (lower bound) of Medicare's transgender population and details a methodology for identifying and validating this population using administrative data. Consequently, these tools provide a replicable foundation for researchers interested in analyzing health outcomes in the transgender community.

Table 1.

Identification and Validation Logic

Transgender Medicare Beneficiaries
  No. identified No. validated % validated
ICD-9 diagnosis codes 302.50, 302.51, 302.52, 302.53, 302.6, 302.85a 4098 3658 89.26
Validation method
ICD-9 302 series diagnosis code and 1 or more of the following:
  No. validated % validated
More than 1 claim with an ICD-9 302 series diagnosis code in 2013 2706 66.03
1 or more claims with an ICD-9 302 series diagnosis code in 2012 1577 38.48
1 or more claims with an ICD-9 302 series diagnosis code in 2014 1937 47.26
1 or more claims with an ICD-9 259.9 diagnosis code in 2013 568 13.86
1 or more prescriptions for a sex hormone in 2013 2005 48.89
Principal diagnosis code is from ICD-9 302 series 1736 42.36
1 or more CC 45 modifier 167 4.08
1 or more KX modifier 26 0.6

Each validation step is calculated independently from all other validation steps, and “% validated” is calculated from the total number of transgender beneficiaries identified (N=4098).

a

Referred to as the 302 series for the purposes of this table.

ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases ninth edition.

Table 1 also demonstrates the validation results in greater detail. For individuals identified using only ICD-9 codes, the majority of beneficiaries (66.03%) had more than one claim with a transgender-specific ICD-9 code within the calendar year. Other validation methods, such as using claims from bordering calendar years and hormone prescriptions, had very similar results. Approximately, forty percent of the beneficiaries identified by transgender-specific ICD-9 codes had similar claims in 2012, 2014, filled a prescription for a sex hormone in 2013, or received a transgender-specific principal diagnosis code. A considerably smaller number of transgender beneficiaries had claims with ICD-9 code 259.9 or billing modifiers, although these validation methods did validate >700 observations. In total, the results indicate that our validation methodology supplements the initial classifications by incorporating additional detail and analyzing the validity of using administrative data to identify the transgender population.

Demographic variability in Medicare's transgender population

Using this foundation to identify transgender Medicare beneficiaries, analyzing their demographic characteristics also helps describe this population. Results demonstrate that Medicare's transgender population is racially and ethnically diverse, spans the entire United States, and experiences many chronic conditions. Analyses reported here utilize the entire cohort of 4098 individuals identified as transgender (3658 identified and validated through administrative data and 440 identified but not validated through administrative data). We conducted separate analyses (not shown), which excluded the 440 individuals for whom we have no additional claims-based validation information. However, there were no systematic or substantive differences in the results. Therefore, we report results on the entire cohort.

Beginning with race, the data demonstrate that the transgender Medicare population contains members from all racial and ethnic groups. This population is racially and ethnically diverse, with substantial representation among Whites, Blacks/African Americans, and Hispanics. Figure 1 displays the distribution of racial and ethnic identity within the transgender population. In this population of transgender persons, Whites comprise 73.99% of the total population, Blacks/African Americans comprise the next largest group, representing 15.37% of the transgender Medicare population, and Hispanics, Asians/Pacific Islanders (APIs), American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIANs), Unknowns, and Others comprise relatively smaller proportions of the transgender Medicare population. This analysis of the racial and ethnic diversity of the transgender population is significant, as >85% of studies that examine sexual and gender minorities fail to report data on race.20 This lack of data on the racial and ethnic diversity of transgender persons inhibits our ability to understand the intersectionality of gender identity and racial/ethnic identity, which is expected to have important effects on health outcomes. Because research has consistently identified the prevalence of minority health disparities,21–26 these disparities may disproportionately affect the diverse transgender community. Therefore, understanding how race and ethnicity interact with transgender identity is an important component of studying transgender health and this analysis provides the foundation for future research on this topic.

FIG. 1.

FIG. 1.

Racial/ethnic identification of transgender beneficiaries.

The transgender population enrolled in the Medicare program displays a high level of geographic diversity. Figure 2 demonstrates that transgender Medicare beneficiaries reside in every state, with many states containing large populations. California contains the largest number of transgender Medicare beneficiaries, with 562 beneficiaries. New York (282), Texas (201), Florida (198), Massachusetts (179), Washington (173), Ohio (146), Minnesota (146), Michigan (145), Pennsylvania (116), Illinois (115), Wisconsin (101), and Georgia (100) also contain large populations, with each state containing 100 or more transgender beneficiaries. This is an important finding, as it demonstrates that the transgender population spans the entire United States, making transgender health relevant to local providers across the entire country.

FIG. 2.

FIG. 2.

Geographic distribution of transgender beneficiaries.

Unlike the racial, ethnic, and geographic distribution of the transgender population, which tends to reflect broader population distributions, the age, original entitlement status, and chronic condition burden of the transgender population appear substantially different. Figure 3 displays the age distribution of the transgender population, showing that the majority of transgender Medicare beneficiaries were under age 65 in 2013 (76.65%). This is a somewhat surprising result, as age is the primary mechanism through which most Americans qualify for Medicare. To demonstrate, 75.55% of the general Medicare population qualified for Medicare through Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI), indicating that the majority are age 65 or older. The transgender Medicare population, conversely, primarily qualified for Medicare through Disability Insurance (84.06%), implying that many transgender persons enrolled in the program are disabled. This trend reflects an almost exact reversal of the general population's Medicare eligibility. Thus, the transgender population may be disproportionately disabled relative to the general Medicare population, which suggests an avenue for future research that examines these differences.

FIG. 3.

FIG. 3.

Age distribution of transgender beneficiaries.

Using CMS's chronic condition categories, which analyze 60 chronic medical conditions and other chronic or potentially disabling conditions, Figure 4 highlights the chronic condition prevalence in the Medicare transgender population, demonstrating the significant burden placed on many beneficiaries. This is particularly relevant for depression, which has affected 81.79% of those under the age of 65. Because three-quarters of the transgender population has been diagnosed with depression at some point during their life, the data suggest that the community disproportionately suffers from depression. Other mental health issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, and major depressive affective disorders, also affect a large proportion of the population, demonstrating the significant mental health burden facing transgender Medicare enrollees. This echoes findings from previous studies,13 which report that there is a high prevalence of depression in the transgender community and transgender persons are more likely to report depression if they have not begun a medical transition. This finding suggests an opportunity for future research that examines the role that receiving medically necessary treatment may play in reducing depression rates and improving the mental health of transgender beneficiaries.

FIG. 4.

FIG. 4.

Chronic conditions and the transgender Medicare population.

Hyperlipidemia and hypertension also affect the majority of transgender beneficiaries, with 58.49% of beneficiaries reporting either condition. This is especially relevant for those under the age of 65, with a majority of those in this age category reporting these chronic conditions, even though they are typically associated with advancing age.26,27 This is consistent with previous studies on the transgender population28 and suggests a need for additional research that analyzes the association between medical transitions and hyperlipidemia/hypertension, which appear to affect a statistically high proportion of the transgender population, relative to their age. Other conditions, such as tobacco and drug use disorders, fibromyalgia, and other forms of chronic pain or fatigue, obesity, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis/osteoarthritis, asthma, diabetes, and heart disease, affect more than one-quarter of the population and reflect the broader trend of the transgender community reporting a disproportionately high disease burden. Future research that examines the causes of these high prevalence rates would help inform the treatment of transgender Medicare beneficiaries and explain why these diseases are manifesting in transgender persons at early ages.

Discussion

Using CMS's administrative data, we were able to identify and validate nearly 3700 transgender beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare during the 2013 calendar year. Using a variety of claims information, ranging from claims history to additional diagnoses, billing modifiers, and hormone prescriptions, we demonstrate that administrative data provide a valuable resource for studying the transgender population. ICD-9 codes specific to medical transitions are especially useful, with 90% of those identified using this method being validated. Therefore, ICD-9 codes provide an excellent foundation for future research on the transgender population, and we encourage researchers interested in transgender health and health outcomes to utilize this methodology for future research.

The resulting cohort of transgender Medicare beneficiaries also demonstrates the significant racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of the population. The results indicate that the transgender population is very diverse, containing members of every racial and ethnic group and residing in every U.S. state. Because fewer than 15% of studies on the health status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons include an analysis of race,20 this examination provides an important contribution to health services research. The geographic distribution of transgender Medicare beneficiaries also provides important implications for transgender-specific care. Given that >50% of transgender persons report having to teach their provider about transgender healthcare,2 these results suggest that providers across the nation should better prepare for providing care to Medicare's transgender population, as there is a high probability that providers may encounter transgender patients. This is particularly relevant, given the lack of LGBT outreach across the country, with few agencies providing LGBT-specific training or outreach.29 Because agencies that provide LGBT-specific services are more likely to address LGBT issues, receive LGBT assistance requests, and understand the unique needs facing the community,29 these results provide support for increasing education and training throughout the provider community. This geographic distribution may also help inform the areas that may benefit most from targeted interventions, such as California, New York, and Texas, which all have large transgender populations.

The data provide particularly valuable insight regarding the burden of chronic conditions in the community, given the incredibly high prevalence of disability and the very high rates of certain conditions. For example, nearly 80% of the transgender community has been diagnosed with depression during their lifetime. Not only does this signal the heightened level of medical need within the community but it also lays the foundation for future research that examines the prevalence and causes of chronic conditions in the transgender community. Future research could compare the chronic condition burden to the burden found in a matched cohort, helping to clarify the role that being transgender plays in affecting health outcomes. By identifying patterns of transgender health disparities, ranging from discrimination and stigma to the potential long-term effects of hormone therapy, health services researchers will be better able to address the care of transgender persons in the medical setting.

Limitations of Medicare's transgender-related data

Although CMS's administrative data contain numerous methods for identifying transgender Medicare beneficiaries, these identification methods are not without limitations. CMS data are limited in their ability to identify all transgender beneficiaries because (1) they only identify transgender persons who are medically transitioning and/or have been diagnosed with GID, (2) their administrative data sets contain unobservable error, and (3) billing modifiers, alternative diagnosis codes, and hormone therapy fail to uniquely identify transgender persons.

Because CMS data are based on medical claims for treatment, they only capture persons who are medically transitioning or who have been diagnosed with GID. Focusing on those who are medically transitioning is problematic, given that only 62% of transgender persons report using hormone therapy.2 Although an additional 23% hope to have hormone therapy in the future, only 62% to 85% of transgender persons want or utilize hormone therapy. Therefore, by focusing on medical transitions, this analysis may underestimate the size of the transgender population. Similarly, using ICD-9 codes related to GID may limit the sample, as GID diagnoses are highly controversial in the transgender community, with many transgender persons avoiding the diagnosis. The primary controversy surrounding the diagnosis is that it is considered a mental disorder, which carries the stigma of mental illness and potentially reinforces the gender binary that treats transgender persons as deviant.30 Because of this, some transgender persons will avoid the GID diagnosis, requesting other nontransgender-specific diagnoses. Among the most commonly used nontransgender-specific diagnosis codes is ICD-9 code 259.9 (Unspecified Endocrine Disorder).31,32 Because transgender Medicare beneficiaries may not medically transition and/or may actively resist the GID diagnosis, using CMS data to identify transgender Medicare beneficiaries is expected to represent a conservative estimate of Medicare's transgender community.

Errors inherent to administrative data also pose a methodological problem to using administrative data to identify transgender Medicare enrollees. Numerous studies document the limitations of using administrative data to identify diseases, given wide variation in coding accuracy across conditions and settings.33 In the Medicare program specifically, a systematic analysis of Medicare claims data compared to medical charts revealed that the percentage of agreement between ICD-9 diagnosis and medical records was, on average, between 73.2% and 78.2%, with accuracy of diagnosis varying substantially across conditions.34 Additional Medicare data validations demonstrate that conditions such as diabetes are highly accurate (100% claims accuracy), while conditions such as alcohol and drug abuse are highly inaccurate (20% claims accuracy).35,36 Therefore, one can assume that using ICD-9 codes to estimate the transgender Medicare population contains a degree of inherent coding error, which may distort the population estimates.

The final limitation of using CMS's administrative data is the inability of billing modifiers to uniquely identify transgender beneficiaries. While the ICD-9 codes are specific to the transgender community, the billing modifiers are not. Because condition code 45 applies to both the transgender and intersex community, classifying all persons with a condition code 45 modifier as transgender may falsely classify intersex persons as transgender. Intersex persons are different from transgender persons, as they are born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit typical definitions of male or female,37 making them a distinct subgroup of gender minorities. This measurement problem also affects the KX modifier, which applies to multiple types of claims, rather than only those with a gender/procedure conflict. For example, even though the KX modifier might apply to a claim for a transman receiving a female pelvic examination, it might also apply to a female born and identified beneficiary receiving two pelvic examinations in the same calendar year. Because neither of these modifiers applies solely to the transgender community, they cannot be used as a standalone method for classifying beneficiaries as transgender.

Overall, our results demonstrate that administrative data are a valuable resource for identifying the medically transitioning Medicare transgender population and that using ICD-9 codes and billing modifiers are a valid and replicable method that is relevant to many data systems. Using this method, we have made a number of important contributions to the literature, as there are currently no other studies that use Medicare claims data to identify transgender persons. First, we have developed a framework for identifying transgender persons using administrative data, as well as providing a method for validating these results. By replicating the methods outlined in this analysis, researchers can estimate the size of the transgender population and use this data to further analyze health disparities and outcomes in the transgender community. Second, we have provided a baseline description of the diversity and disease burden of the population, laying the foundation for future research programs that expand on this data and statistically model these relationships. Finally, we have proposed numerous avenues of future work to build upon this analysis, including an examination of the intersection between race and gender identity, an examination of the chronic condition burden of transgender persons relative to a matched cohort, and an examination of the underlying causes of chronic conditions in transgender persons. In conclusion, this analysis helps fill the void regarding research on Medicare's transgender population with the goal of informing and encouraging future research on gender minorities.

Disclaimer

The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or NORC at the University of Chicago.

Abbreviations Used

AIANs

American Indians/Alaska Natives

APIs

Asians/Pacific Islanders

CCW

Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse

CMS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

FFS

Fee-For-Service

GID

Gender Identity Disorder

HCPCS

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System

ICD-9

International Classification of Diseases ninth edition

LGBT

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

OASI

Old Age and Survivors Insurance

Appendix Table 1.

Gender-Specific Procedure Codes Related to Condition Code 45 and the KX Modifier

HCPCS Valid sex Code description HCPCS Valid sex Code description
0071T Female U/s leiomyomata ablate <200 57545 Female Remove cervix/repair pelvis
0072T Female U/s leiomyomata ablate >200 57550 Female Removal of residual cervix
00842 Female Anesth amniocentesis 57555 Female Remove cervix/repair vagina
00846 Female Anesth hysterectomy 57556 Female Remove cervix/repair bowel
00851 Female Anesth tubal ligation 57558 Female D and c of cervical stump
00865 Male Anesth removal of prostate 57700 Female Revision of cervix
00906 Female Anesth removal of vulva 57720 Female Revision of cervix
00908 Male Anesth removal of prostate 57800 Female Dilation of cervical canal
00914 Male Anesth removal of prostate 58100 Female Biopsy of uterus lining
00920 Male Anesth genitalia surgery 58110 Female Bx done w/colposcopy add‐on
00921 Male Anesth vasectomy 58120 Female Dilation and curettage
00922 Male Anesth sperm duct surgery 58140 Female Myomectomy abdominal method
00924 Male Anesth testis exploration 58145 Female Myomectomy vaginal method
00926 Male Anesth removal of testis 58146 Female Myomectomy abdominal complex
00928 Male Anesth removal of testis 58150 Female Total hysterectomy
00930 Male Anesth testis suspension 58152 Female Total hysterectomy
00932 Male Anesth amputation of penis 58180 Female Partial hysterectomy
00934 Male Anesth penis nodes removal 58200 Female Extensive hysterectomy
00936 Male Anesth penis nodes removal 58210 Female Extensive hysterectomy
00938 Male Anesth insert penis device 58240 Female Removal of pelvis contents
00940 Female Anesth vaginal procedures 58260 Female Vaginal hysterectomy
00942 Female Anesth surgery on vaginal/urethral 58262 Female Vaginal hysterectomy including t/o
00944 Female Anesth vaginal hysterectomy 58263 Female Vaginal hysterectomy w/t/o and vaginal repair
00948 Female Anesth repair of cervix 58267 Female Vaginal hysterectomy w/urinary repair
00950 Female Anesth vaginal endoscopy 58270 Female Vaginal hysterectomy w/enterocele repair
00952 Female Anesth hysteroscope/graph 58275 Female Hysterectomy/revise vagina
01960 Female Anesth vaginal delivery 58280 Female Hysterectomy/revise vagina
01961 Female Anesth cs delivery 58285 Female Extensive hysterectomy
01962 Female Anesth emergency hysterectomy 58290 Female Vaginal hysterectomy complex
01963 Female Anesth cs hysterectomy 58291 Female Vaginal hysterectomy including t/o complex
01965 Female Anesth inc/missed ab procedure 58292 Female Vaginal hysterectomy t/o and repair complex
01966 Female Anesth induced ab procedure 58293 Female Vaginal hysterectomy w/uro repair complex
01967 Female Anesth/analg vaginal delivery 58294 Female Vaginal hysterectomy w/enterocele complex
01968 Female Anes/analg cs deliver add‐on 58300 Female Insert intrauterine device
01969 Female Anesth/analg cs hysterectomy add‐on 58301 Female Remove intrauterine device
0336T Female Lap ablat uterine fibroids 58321 Female Artificial insemination
0500F Female Initial prenatal care visit 58322 Female Artificial insemination
0501F Female Prenatal flow sheet 58323 Female Sperm washing
0502F Female Subsequent prenatal care 58340 Female Catheter for hysterography
0503F Female Postpartum care visit 58345 Female Reopen fallopian tube
11976 Female Remove contraceptive capsule 58346 Female Insert heyman uteri capsule
19300 Male Removal of breast tissue 58350 Female Reopen fallopian tube
3015F Female Cerv cancer screen docd 58353 Female Endometrial ablate thermal
36460 Female Transfusion service fetal 58356 Female Endometrial cryoablation
37788 Male Revascularization penis 58400 Female Suspension of uterus
46744 Female Repair of cloacal anomaly 58410 Female Suspension of uterus
46746 Female Repair of cloacal anomaly 58520 Female Repair of ruptured uterus
46748 Female Repair of cloacal anomaly 58540 Female Revision of uterus
50722 Female Release of ureter 58541 Female Lsh uterus 250 g or less
51845 Female Repair bladder neck 58542 Female Lsh w/t/o ut 250 g or less
51920 Female Close bladder–uterus fistula 58544 Female Lsh w/t/o uterus above 250 g
51925 Female Hysterectomy/bladder repair 58545 Female Laparoscopic myomectomy
52010 Male Cystoscopy and duct catheter 58546 Female Laparomyomectomy complex
52270 Female Cystoscopy and revise urethra 58548 Female Lap radical hyst
52275 Male Cystoscopy and revise urethra 58550 Female Laparo‐asst vaginal hysterectomy
52285 Female Cystoscopy and treatment 58552 Female Laparovaginal hysterectomy including t/o
52402 Male Cystourethro cut ejaculatory duct 58553 Female Laparovaginal hysterectomy complex
52450 Male Incision of prostate 58554 Female Laparovaginal hysterectomy w/t/o complex
52601 Male Prostatectomy (turp) 58555 Female Hysteroscopy dx sep procedure
52647 Male Laser surgery of prostate 58558 Female Hysteroscopy biopsy
52648 Male Laser surgery of prostate 58559 Female Hysteroscopy lysis
52649 Male Prostate laser enucleation 58560 Female Hysteroscopy resect septum
52700 Male Drainage of prostate abscess 58561 Female Hysteroscopy remove myoma
53210 Female Removal of urethra 58562 Female Hysteroscopy remove fb
53215 Male Removal of urethra 58563 Female Hysteroscopy ablation
53230 Female Removal of urethra lesion 58565 Female Hysteroscopy sterilization
53235 Male Removal of urethra lesion 58570 Female Tlh uterus 250 g or less
53410 Male Reconstruction of urethra 58571 Female Tlh w/t/o 250 g or less
53415 Male Reconstruction of urethra 58572 Female Tlh uterus over 250 g
53420 Male Reconstruct urethra stage 1 58573 Female Tlh w/t/o uterus over 250 g
53425 Male Reconstruct urethra stage 2 58578 Female Laparo proc uterus
53430 Female Reconstruction of urethra 58579 Female Hysteroscope procedure
53440 Male Male sling procedure 58600 Female Division of fallopian tube
53442 Male Remove/revise male sling 58605 Female Division of fallopian tube
53502 Female Repair of urethra injury 58611 Female Ligate oviduct(s) add‐on
53505 Male Repair of urethra injury 58615 Female Occlude fallopian tube(s)
53510 Male Repair of urethra injury 58660 Female Laparoscopy lysis
53515 Male Repair of urethra injury 58661 Female Laparoscopy remove adnexa
53520 Male Repair of urethra defect 58662 Female Laparoscopy excise lesions
53600 Male Dilate urethra stricture 58670 Female Laparoscopy tubal cautery
53601 Male Dilate urethra stricture 58671 Female Laparoscopy tubal block
53605 Male Dilate urethra stricture 58672 Female Laparoscopy fimbrioplasty
53620 Male Dilate urethra stricture 58673 Female Laparoscopy salpingostomy
53621 Male Dilate urethra stricture 58679 Female Laparoscopy procedure oviduct–ovary
53660 Female Dilation of urethra 58700 Female Removal of fallopian tube
53661 Female Dilation of urethra 58720 Female Removal of ovary/tube(s)
53665 Female Dilation of urethra 58740 Female Adhesiolysis tube ovary
53850 Male Prostatic microwave thermotx 58750 Female Repair oviduct
53852 Male Prostatic rf thermotx 58752 Female Revise ovarian tube(s)
53855 Male Insert prost urethral stent 58760 Female Fimbrioplasty
53860 Female Transurethral rf treatment 58770 Female Create new tubal opening
54000 Male Slitting of prepuce 58800 Female Drainage of ovarian cyst(s)
54001 Male Slitting of prepuce 58805 Female Drainage of ovarian cyst(s)
54015 Male Drain penis lesion 58820 Female Drain ovary abscess open
54050 Male Destruction penis lesion(s) 58822 Female Drain ovary abscess percut
54055 Male Destruction penis lesion(s) 58825 Female Transposition ovary(s)
54056 Male Cryosurgery penis lesion(s) 58900 Female Biopsy of ovary(s)
54057 Male Laser surgery penis lesion(s) 58920 Female Partial removal of ovary(s)
54060 Male Excision of penis lesion(s) 58925 Female Removal of ovarian cyst(s)
54065 Male Destruction penis lesion(s) 58940 Female Removal of ovary(s)
54100 Male Biopsy of penis 58943 Female Removal of ovary(s)
54110 Male Treatment of penis lesion 58951 Female Resect ovarian malignancy
54111 Male Treat penis lesion graft 58952 Female Resect ovarian malignancy
54112 Male Treat penis lesion graft 58953 Female Tah rad dissect for debulk
54115 Male Treatment of penis lesion 58954 Female Tah rad debulk/lymph remove
54120 Male Partial removal of penis 58956 Female Bso omentectomy w/tah
54125 Male Removal of penis 58957 Female Resect recurrent gyn mal
54130 Male Remove penis and nodes 58958 Female Resect recur gyn mal w/lym
54135 Male Remove penis and nodes 58960 Female Exploration of abdomen
54150 Male Circumcision w/regionl block 58970 Female Retrieval of oocyte
54160 Male Circumcision neonate 58974 Female Transfer of embryo
54161 Male Circum 28 days or older 58976 Female Transfer of embryo
54162 Male Lysis penil circumic lesion 58999 Female Genital surgery procedure
54163 Male Repair of circumcision 59000 Female Amniocentesis diagnostic
54164 Male Frenulotomy of penis 59001 Female Amniocentesis therapeutic
54200 Male Treatment of penis lesion 59012 Female Fetal cord puncture prenatal
54205 Male Treatment of penis lesion 59015 Female Chorion biopsy
54220 Male Treatment of penis lesion 59020 Female Fetal contract stress test
54230 Male Prepare penis study 59025 Female Fetal nonstress test
54231 Male Dynamic cavernosometry 59030 Female Fetal scalp blood sample
54235 Male Penile injection 59050 Female Fetal monitor w/report
54240 Male Penis study 59051 Female Fetal monitor/interpret only
54250 Male Penis study 59070 Female Transabdom amnioinfus w/us
54300 Male Revision of penis 59072 Female Umbilical cord occlusion w/us
54304 Male Revision of penis 59074 Female Fetal fluid drainage w/us
54308 Male Reconstruction of urethra 59076 Female Fetal shunt placement w/us
54312 Male Reconstruction of urethra 59100 Female Remove uterus lesion
54316 Male Reconstruction of urethra 59120 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54318 Male Reconstruction of urethra 59121 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54322 Male Reconstruction of urethra 59130 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54324 Male Reconstruction of urethra 59135 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54326 Male Reconstruction of urethra 59136 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54328 Male Revise penis/urethra 59140 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54332 Male Revise penis/urethra 59150 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54336 Male Revise penis/urethra 59151 Female Treat ectopic pregnancy
54340 Male Secondary urethral surgery 59160 Female D and c after delivery
54344 Male Secondary urethral surgery 59200 Female Insert cervical dilator
54348 Male Secondary urethral surgery 59300 Female Episiotomy or vaginal repair
54352 Male Reconstruct urethra/penis 59320 Female Revision of cervix
54360 Male Penis plastic surgery 59325 Female Revision of cervix
54380 Male Repair penis 59350 Female Repair of uterus
54385 Male Repair penis 59400 Female Obstetrical care
54390 Male Repair penis and bladder 59409 Female Obstetrical care
54400 Male Insert semirigid prosthesis 59410 Female Obstetrical care
54401 Male Insert self‐contd prosthesis 59412 Female Antepartum manipulation
54405 Male Insert multi‐comp penis prosthesis 59414 Female Deliver placenta
54406 Male Remove muti‐comp penis pros 59425 Female Antepartum care only
54408 Male Repair multi‐comp penis prosthesis 59426 Female Antepartum care only
54410 Male Remove/replace penis prosthesis 59430 Female Care after delivery
54411 Male Remov/replc penis pros comp 59510 Female Cesarean delivery
54415 Male Remove self‐contd penis pros 59514 Female Cesarean delivery only
54416 Male Remv/repl penis contain pros 59515 Female Cesarean delivery
54417 Male Remv/replc penis pros compl 59525 Female Remove uterus after cesarean
54420 Male Revision of penis 59610 Female Vbac delivery
54430 Male Revision of penis 59612 Female Vbac delivery only
54435 Male Revision of penis 59614 Female Vbac care after delivery
54440 Male Repair of penis 59618 Female Attempted vbac delivery
54450 Male Preputial stretching 59620 Female Attempted vbac delivery only
54500 Male Biopsy of testis 59622 Female Attempted vbac after care
54505 Male Biopsy of testis 59812 Female Treatment of miscarriage
54512 Male Excise lesion testis 59820 Female Care of miscarriage
54520 Male Removal of testis 59821 Female Treatment of miscarriage
54522 Male Orchiectomy partial 59830 Female Treat uterus infection
54530 Male Removal of testis 59840 Female Abortion
54535 Male Extensive testis surgery 59841 Female Abortion
54550 Male Exploration for testis 59850 Female Abortion
54560 Male Exploration for testis 59851 Female Abortion
54600 Male Reduce testis torsion 59852 Female Abortion
54620 Male Suspension of testis 59855 Female Abortion
54640 Male Suspension of testis 59856 Female Abortion
54650 Male Orchiopexy (fowler‐stephens) 59857 Female Abortion
54660 Male Revision of testis 59866 Female Abortion (mpr)
54670 Male Repair testis injury 59870 Female Evacuate mole of uterus
54680 Male Relocation of testis(es) 59871 Female Remove cerclage suture
54690 Male Laparoscopy orchiectomy 59897 Female Fetal invas px w/us
54692 Male Laparoscopy orchiopexy 59898 Female Laparo proc ob care/deliver
54699 Male Laparoscope proc testis 59899 Female Maternity care procedure
54700 Male Drainage of scrotum 64435 Female N block inj paracervical
54800 Male Biopsy of epididymis 74440 Male X‐ray male genital tract
54830 Male Remove epididymis lesion 74445 Male X‐ray examination of penis
54840 Male Remove epididymis lesion 74710 Female X‐ray measurement of pelvis
54860 Male Removal of epididymis 74740 Female X‐ray female genital tract
54861 Male Removal of epididymis 74742 Female X‐ray fallopian tube
54865 Male Explore epididymis 74775 Female X‐ray examination of perineum
54900 Male Fusion of spermatic ducts 76801 Female Ob us <14 weeks single fetus
54901 Male Fusion of spermatic ducts 76802 Female Ob us <14 weeks addl fetus
55000 Male Drainage of hydrocele 76805 Female Ob us >/=14 weeks sngl fetus
55040 Male Removal of hydrocele 76810 Female Ob us >/=14 weeks addl fetus
55041 Male Removal of hydroceles 76811 Female Ob us detailed sngl fetus
55060 Male Repair of hydrocele 76812 Female Ob us detailed addl fetus
55100 Male Drainage of scrotum abscess 76813 Female Ob us nuchal meas 1 gest
55110 Male Explore scrotum 76814 Female Ob us nuchal meas add‐on
55120 Male Removal of scrotum lesion 76815 Female Ob us limited fetus(s)
55150 Male Removal of scrotum 76816 Female Ob us follow‐up per fetus
55175 Male Revision of scrotum 76817 Female Transvaginal us obstetric
55180 Male Revision of scrotum 76818 Female Fetal biophys profile w/nst
55200 Male Incision of sperm duct 76819 Female Fetal biophys profile w/o nst
55250 Male Removal of sperm duct(s) 76825 Female Echo examination of fetal heart
55300 Male Prepare sperm duct x‐ray 76826 Female Echo examination of fetal heart
55400 Male Repair of sperm duct 76827 Female Echo examination of fetal heart
55450 Male Ligation of sperm duct 76828 Female Echo examination of fetal heart
55500 Male Removal of hydrocele 76830 Female Transvaginal us non‐ob
55520 Male Removal of sperm cord lesion 76831 Female Echo examination uterus
55540 Male Revise hernia and sperm veins 76941 Female Echo guide for transfusion
55550 Male Laparo ligate spermatic vein 76945 Female Echo guide villus sampling
55559 Male Laparo proc spermatic cord 76946 Female Echo guide for amniocentesis
55600 Male Incise sperm duct pouch 76948 Female Echo guide ova aspiration
55605 Male Incise sperm duct pouch 77057 Female Mammogram screening
55650 Male Remove sperm duct pouch 78761 Male Testicular imaging w/flow
55680 Male Remove sperm pouch lesion 80055 Female Obstetric panel
55700 Male Biopsy of prostate 81025 Female Urine pregnancy test
55705 Male Biopsy of prostate 81500 Female Onco (ovar) two proteins
55706 Male Prostate saturation sampling 81503 Female Onco (ovar) five proteins
55720 Male Drainage of prostate abscess 81507 Female Fetal aneuploidy trisom risk
55725 Male Drainage of prostate abscess 81508 Female Ftl cgen abnor two proteins
55801 Male Removal of prostate 81509 Female Ftl cgen abnor three proteins
55810 Male Extensive prostate surgery 81510 Female Ftl cgen abnor three anal
55812 Male Extensive prostate surgery 81511 Female Ftl cgen abnor four anal
55815 Male Extensive prostate surgery 81512 Female Ftl cgen abnor five anal
55821 Male Removal of prostate 82120 Female Amines vaginal fluid qual
55831 Male Removal of prostate 82143 Female Amniotic fluid scan
55840 Male Extensive prostate surgery 82731 Female Assay of fetal fibronectin
55842 Male Extensive prostate surgery 84112 Female Eval amniotic fluid protein
55845 Male Extensive prostate surgery 84135 Female Assay of pregnanediol
55860 Male Surgical exposure prostate 84138 Female Assay of pregnanetriol
55862 Male Extensive prostate surgery 84152 Male Assay of psa complexed
55865 Male Extensive prostate surgery 84153 Male Assay of psa total
55866 Male Laparo radical prostatectomy 84154 Male Assay of psa free
55870 Male Electroejaculation 84163 Female Pappa serum
55873 Male Cryoablate prostate 84830 Female Ovulation tests
55875 Male Transperi needle place pros 85460 Female Hemoglobin fetal
55876 Male Place rt device/marker pros 85461 Female Hemoglobin fetal
55899 Male Genital surgery procedure 88141 Female Cytopath c/v interpret
55970 Male Sex transformation m to f 88142 Female Cytopath c/v thin layer
55980 Female Sex transformation f to m 88143 Female Cytopath c/v thin layer redo
56405 Female I and d of vulva/perineum 88147 Female Cytopath c/v automated
56420 Female Drainage of gland abscess 88148 Female Cytopath c/v auto rescreen
56440 Female Surgery for vulva lesion 88150 Female Cytopath c/v manual
56441 Female Lysis of labial lesion(s) 88153 Female Cytopath c/v redo
56442 Female Hymenotomy 88154 Female Cytopath c/v select
56501 Female Destroy vulva lesions sim 88155 Female Cytopath c/v index add‐on
56515 Female Destroy vulva lesion/s compl 88164 Female Cytopath tbs c/v manual
56605 Female Biopsy of vulva/perineum 88165 Female Cytopath tbs c/v redo
56606 Female Biopsy of vulva/perineum 88166 Female Cytopath tbs c/v auto redo
56620 Female Partial removal of vulva 88167 Female Cytopath tbs c/v select
56625 Female Complete removal of vulva 88174 Female Cytopath c/v auto in fluid
56630 Female Extensive vulva surgery 88175 Female Cytopath c/v auto fluid redo
56631 Female Extensive vulva surgery 88267 Female Chromosome analysis placenta
56632 Female Extensive vulva surgery 88269 Female Chromosome analysis amniotic
56633 Female Extensive vulva surgery 89264 Male Identify sperm tissue
56634 Female Extensive vulva surgery 89300 Female Semen analysis w/huhner
56637 Female Extensive vulva surgery 89310 Male Semen analysis w/count
56640 Female Extensive vulva surgery 89320 Male Semen anal vol/count/mot
56700 Female Partial removal of hymen 89321 Male Semen anal sperm detection
56805 Female Repair clitoris 89329 Male Sperm evaluation test
56810 Female Repair of perineum 89330 Male Evaluation cervical mucus
56820 Female Examination of vulva w/scope 89331 Male Retrograde ejaculation anal
56821 Female Examination/biopsy of vulva w/scope 99500 Female Home visit prenatal
57000 Female Exploration of vagina 99501 Female Home visit postnatal
57010 Female Drainage of pelvic abscess A4261 Female Cervical cap contraceptive
57020 Female Drainage of pelvic fluid A4264 Female Intratubal occlusion device
57022 Female I and d vaginal hematoma pp A4266 Female Diaphragm
57023 Female I and d vaginal hematoma non‐ob A4267 Male Male condom
57061 Female Destroy vaginal lesions simple A4268 Female Female condom
57065 Female Destroy vaginal lesions complex A4269 Female Spermicide
57100 Female Biopsy of vagina A4281 Female Replacement breast pump tube
57105 Female Biopsy of vagina A4282 Female Replacement breast pump adpt
57106 Female Remove vagina wall partial A4283 Female Replacement breast pump cap
57107 Female Remove vagina tissue part A4284 Female Replacement breast pump shield
57109 Female Vaginectomy partial w/nodes A4285 Female Replacement breast pump bottle
57110 Female Remove vagina wall complete A4286 Female Replacement breastpump lok ring
57111 Female Remove vagina tissue compl A4326 Male Male external catheter
57112 Female Vaginectomy w/nodes compl A4327 Female Female urinary collect dev cup
57120 Female Closure of vagina A4328 Female Female urinary collect pouch
57130 Female Remove vagina lesion C9739 Male Cystoscopy prostatic imp 1‐3
57135 Female Remove vagina lesion C9740 Male Cysto impl 4 or more
57150 Female Treat vagina infection E0325 Male Urinal male jug type
57155 Female Insert uteri tandem/ovoids E0326 Female Urinal female jug type
57156 Female Ins vaginal brachytx device E0602 Female Manual breast pump
57160 Female Insert pessary/other device E0603 Female Electric breast pump
57170 Female Fitting of diaphragm/cap E0604 Female Hosp grade elec breast pump
57180 Female Treat vaginal bleeding G0027 Male Semen analysis
57200 Female Repair of vagina G0101 Female Ca screen; pelvic/breast exam
57210 Female Repair vagina/perineum G0102 Male Prostate ca screening; dre
57220 Female Revision of urethra G0103 Male Psa screening
57230 Female Repair of urethral lesion G0123 Female Screen cerv/vaginal thin layer
57240 Female Repair bladder and vagina G0124 Female Screen c/v thin layer by md
57250 Female Repair rectum and vagina G0141 Female Scr c/v cyto, autosys and md
57260 Female Repair of vagina G0143 Female Scr c/v cyto, thin layer, rescr
57265 Female Extensive repair of vagina G0144 Female Scr c/v cyto, thin layer, rescr
57267 Female Insert mesh/pelvic flr addon G0145 Female Scr c/v cyto, thin layer, rescr
57268 Female Repair of bowel bulge G0147 Female Scr c/v cyto, automated sys
57270 Female Repair of bowel pouch G0148 Female Scr c/v cyto, autosys, rescr
57280 Female Suspension of vagina G0202 Female Screeningmammographydigital
57282 Female Colpopexy extraperitoneal G0416 Male Biopsy prostate 10–20
57283 Female Colpopexy intraperitoneal G0417 Male Biopsy prostate 21–40
57284 Female Repair paravag defect open G0418 Male Biopsy prostate 41–60
57285 Female Repair paravag defect vaginal G0419 Male Biopsy prostate: >60
57287 Female Revise/remove sling repair G0458 Male Ldr prostate brachy comp rat
57288 Female Repair bladder defect G8806 Female Transab or transvag us
57289 Female Repair bladder and vagina G8807 Female Doc reas no us
57291 Female Construction of vagina G8808 Female No transab or transvag us
57292 Female Construct vagina with graft G8809 Female Rh‐immunoglobulin order
57295 Female Revise vaginal graft through vagina G8810 Female Doc reas no rh‐immuno
57296 Female Revise vaginal graft open abd G8811 Female No rh‐immunoglobulin order
57307 Female Fistula repair and colostomy P3000 Female Screen pap by tech w md supv
57308 Female Fistula repair transperine P3001 Female Screening pap smear by phys
57310 Female Repair urethrovaginal lesion Q0091 Female Obtaining screen pap smear
57311 Female Repair urethrovaginal lesion S0610 Female Annual gynecological examina
57320 Female Repair bladder‐vagina lesion S0612 Female Annual gynecological examina
57330 Female Repair bladder‐vagina lesion S4005 Female Interim labor facility globa
57335 Female Repair vagina S4011 Female IVF package
57400 Female Dilation of vagina S4013 Female Complete GIFT case rate
57410 Female Pelvic examination S4014 Female Complete ZIFT case rate
57415 Female Remove vaginal foreign body S4015 Female Complete IVF nos case rate
57420 Female Examination of vagina w/scope S4016 Female Frozen IVF case rate
57421 Female Examination/biopsy of vaginal w/scope S4017 Female IVF canc a stim case rate
57423 Female Repair paravag defect lap S4018 Female F EMB trns canc case rate
57425 Female Laparoscopy surg colpopexy S4020 Female IVF canc a aspir case rate
57426 Female Revise prosth vaginal graft lap S4021 Female IVF canc p aspir case rate
57452 Female Examination of cervix w/scope S4022 Female Asst oocyte fert case rate
57454 Female Bx/curett of cervix w/scope S4023 Female Incomplete donor egg case rate
57455 Female Biopsy of cervix w/scope S4025 Female Donor serv IVF case rate
57456 Female Endocerv curettage w/scope S4026 Male Procure donor sperm
57460 Female Bx of cervix w/scope leep S4027 Female Store prev frozen embryos
57461 Female Conz of cervix w/scope leep S4028 Male Microsurg epi sperm asp
57500 Female Biopsy of cervix S4030 Male Sperm procure init visit
57505 Female Endocervical curettage S4031 Male Sperm procure subs visit
57510 Female Cauterization of cervix S4035 Female Stimulated IUI case rate
57511 Female Cryocautery of cervix S4037 Female Cryo embryo transf case rate
57513 Female Laser surgery of cervix S4040 Female Monit store cryo embryo 30 d
57520 Female Conization of cervix S4989 Female Contracept IUD
57522 Female Conization of cervix S4993 Female Contraceptive pills for bc
57530 Female Removal of cervix S9001 Female Home uterine monitor with or
57531 Female Removal of cervix radical S9436 Female Lamaze class
57540 Female Removal of residual cervix S9437 Female Childbirth refresher class
      S9438 Female Cesarean birth class
      S9439 Female VBAC class

HCPCS, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System.

Appendix Table 2.

Sex Hormones

Avodart
Briellyn
Cenestin
Climara
CombiPatch
Delestrogen
Depo-Estradiol
Depo-Provera
Depo-Testosterone
Dutasteride
Estrace
Estradiol
Estradiol Cypionate
Estradiol Valerate
Estradiol Valerate
Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate
Estrogen, Conjugated/M-Progesterone Acetate
Estrogens, Conjugated
Estrogens, Conjugated, Synthetic A
Estrogens, Esterified
Estropipate
Estropipate
Ethinyl Estradiol/Drospirenone
Ethynodiol d-Ethinyl Estradiol
Finasteride
Fluoxymesterone
Fortesta
Gianvi
Gildess Fe
Junel
Junel Fe
Ketoconazole
Ketoconazole
Leuprolide Acetate
Loryna
Lupron Depot
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
Menest
Microgestin
Microgestin Fe
Mononessa
Necon
Norelgestromin/Ethinyl Estradiol
Norethindrone A-Ethinyl Estradiol/Ferrous Fumarate
Norethindrone A–E Estradiol
Norethindrone-Ethinyl Estradiol
Norethindrone-Mestranol
Norgestimate-Ethinyl Estradiol
Norgestimate-Ethinyl Estradiol
Norgestrel-Ethinyl Estradiol
Nortrel
Ocella
Ogestrel
Ortho Evra
Ortho Tri-Cyclen
Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo
Ortho-Cyclen
Philith
Premarin
Prempro
Progesterone
Progesterone
Progesterone, Micronized
Spironolactone
Spironolactone
Sprintec
Syeda
Testim
Testosterone
Testosterone Cypionate
Testosterone Cypionate
Testosterone Enanthate
Testosterone Enanthate
Tri-Linyah
TriNessa
Tri-Previfem
Tri-Sprintec
Xolegel
Zovia 1-35E

Author Disclosure Statement

No competing financial interests exist.

Due to the high degree of error in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS's) race/ethnicity data this analysis uses CMS's RTI race code to identify a beneficiary's race.17–19

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Cite this article as: Proctor K, Haffer SC, Ewald E, Hodge C, James CV (2016) Identifying the transgender population in the Medicare program, Transgender Health 1:1, 250–265, DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2016.0031.


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