Urology Coding Alert

Check your 2012 coding update savvy. Find out if you're set to properly code your urologist's services this year or if you need to brush up on the changes affecting your coding in 2012. Check your answers to the three quiz questions on page 19 against this answer key. Answer 1: For this scenario, you should report ICD-9 629.31 (Erosion of implanted vaginal mesh and other prosthetic materials to surrounding organ or tissue). ICD-9 2012 added two new diagnoses related to implanted vaginal mesh: 629.31 and 629.32 (Exposure of implanted vaginal mesh and other prosthetic materials into vagina). In the past you would have had to use non-specific codes for this condition, such as 996.76 (Other complications of internal [biological] [synthetic] prosthetic device implant and graft; due to genitourinary device implant and graft) or 996.65 (Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other genitourinary device implant and graft). In fact, now [...]