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Observe Correct Coding for DVIU Scenario

Published on Wed Jul 13, 2022

Question: The patient has had a radical prostatectomy, and the previous op note stated that my urologist performed urethrovesical anastomosis using a double-armed 3-0 V-lock suture. This was a running stitch starting posterior on the bladder neck and finishing anterior on the bladder neck. The patient now has a bladder neck contracture. My urologist sounded the urethral meatus to 28-French with [...]
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