Urology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Count Intestinovaginoplasty as an Artificial Construction
Published on Tue Feb 17, 2015
Question: My urogynecologist said she is planning to perform an intestinovaginoplasty. The patient, an intersex problem, has no vagina, and the surgeon will be making one with intestines. What code would I use for this procedure?
Indiana Subscriber
Answer: Report 57292 (Construction of artificial vagina; with graft) for this procedure. Append the ICD-9 diagnostic code 302.6 (Gender identity disorder in children) or on or after Oct. 1, 2015 append ICD-10 diagnostic codes F64.1-F64.9 (Gender identity disorder).
Other Articles in this issue of
Urology Coding Alert
- Office Procedures:
Follow 4 Steps to Successful Testosterone Pellet Implantation Coding
Get to know your payers’ policies or you may give away part of the service [...] - ICD-10:
Get Specific With UTI Details in the Fall
The unspecified code is probably not going to be good enough in the near future. [...] - News You Can Use:
Take Advantage of HPI/Exam Mixing Allowance for E/M Calculations
Review a clinical scenario to drive the point home. Calculating the level of evaluation and [...] - Reader Question:
Capture Payment for Emergency Ureteral Repair
Question: I placed a mid urethral sling 57288 on a patient on 1/14/15. This was at [...] - Reader Question:
S2900 Won't Likely Earn You Extra Payment
Question: How would I report a robotic-assisted exploration and drainage of a vesicouterine cyst? Ohio Subscriber [...] - Reader Question:
Count Intestinovaginoplasty as an Artificial Construction
Question: My urogynecologist said she is planning to perform an intestinovaginoplasty. The patient, an intersex problem, [...] - Reader Question:
Report the Most Accurate Penile Surgery Code
Question: What would we report for preputioplasty? This is a limited dorsal slit with transverse closure [...] - You Be the Coder:
2 Instillations, 1 Encounter
Question: Can we bill two instillation codes in a scenario with the following documentation: "Heparin Instillation: [...]
View All
