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Billing code

Z582A — Hysteroscopy – diagnostic

Diagnostic hysteroscopy

Bill for a diagnostic hysteroscopy.

Watch for: Only one hysteroscopy code per patient per day, and not payable with endometrial ablation S772.

Code

Z582A

Description

Hysteroscopy – diagnostic

FHO+ basket

Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).

Effective date

Apr 1, 2026

Termination date

No end date

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Diagnostic hysteroscopy.

What it covers

Z582 is a diagnostic hysteroscopy (V7).

Hysteroscopy codes: Z582 diagnostic; Z583 with uterine biopsy and/or D&C; Z585 with cannulation of tube(s) or lysis of adhesions; Z587 with resection of polyps or fibroids; Z586 lysis of adhesions needing at least 60 minutes (V7).

Billing rules

• Only one of Z582, Z583, Z585, Z587 or Z586 is payable for the same patient on the same day (V7).
• Hysteroscopy (Z582, Z583, Z587) is not payable with endometrial ablation S772 (V7).
• Marked #: hospital-funded premises, equipment and staff are not included; anaesthesia 6 basic units (V7).
• Z-codes are independent operative procedures (IOP). If the major pre-operative visit was in the previous 12 months, the only assessment payable before the IOP that day is a minor assessment (GP) or partial assessment (specialist); if the major pre-operative visit is the same day, no other assessment before the IOP is payable (SP4, §13).

Common rejections

• ADH: 'Cannot be billed together': another hysteroscopy code, or endometrial ablation S772, was billed for the same patient the same day (V7).

Related codes: Z583, Z585, Z587, Z586, S772, S754

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Female Genital Surgical Procedures, Corpus Uteri, page V7.

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