Urology Coding Alert
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Chart a Clear Course for Selecting the Best Incontinence Surgery Code
Published on Tue Mar 28, 2006
Link the appropriate diagnosis to the procedure to support your choice
With several codes to choose from when your urologist surgically treats female urinary incontinence, you need to know how to decipher the op report to find the right code. Follow this crosswalk and see how diagnosis,
approach and suture placement will help you decide on the best code for the procedure your physician documented. 
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