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Coding for a Penile Fracture

Published on Fri Jun 17, 2011

Question: My urologist saw a patient who had a fracture of penis. He made an incision around the corona of the foreskin, dissected the foreskin and the skin of the shaft down to the area of the fracture, irrigated with bactiracin, and then repaired the fracture with a running suture of 2-0 vicryl. How would I code this procedure?California SubscriberAnswer: For this scenario report 54440 (Plastic operation of penis for injury) for the repair of the fractured, torn, corpus cavernosum fascia. Use 959.13 (Fracture of corpus cavernosum penis) as the diagnosis code. 
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