In simple words: The doctor uses a small camera to look inside your bladder and the tube that carries urine out of your body.They also put a small tube into the tube that connects your kidney to your bladder to try to move a kidney stone, but they don't take the stone out during this procedure.

This code describes a procedure where a cystourethroscope (a thin, lighted tube with a camera) is inserted through the urethra into the bladder to visualize the bladder, urethra, and ureteral openings.A catheter is then advanced into the ureter to manipulate a ureteral calculus (stone) but the stone is not removed during this procedure.

Example 1: A patient presents with flank pain and hydronephrosis due to a ureteral stone. The physician performs a cystourethroscopy with ureteral catheterization and manipulates the stone in an attempt to facilitate its passage, but does not remove it during this procedure., A patient has a history of recurrent ureteral stones. They present with symptoms suggestive of another stone, but imaging is inconclusive. The physician performs cystourethroscopy with manipulation of a suspected stone lodged in the ureter, but removal is deferred to a later date., During a cystourethroscopy for evaluation of hematuria, a small ureteral stone is discovered incidentally. The physician attempts to reposition the stone with a catheter to relieve potential obstruction, but it is not removed at this time.

Documentation should include details of the cystourethroscopy, ureteral catheterization, the size and location of the stone, the manipulation technique used, and the reason for not removing the stone during the procedure.Operative reports and supporting imaging studies should also be included.