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Compare Documentation to This Handy Chart for Quick Incontinence Procedure Coding

Published on Fri Apr 12, 2013

Focus on the surgeon’s approach and location of the sutures. Your urologist or urogynecologist has several procedures to choose from to treat female stress incontinence, and that means you have several codes to choose from. A good way to double-check your code selection is to determine the patient’s diagnosis and the surgeon’s approach. You can use this crosswalk to ensure [...]
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