Urology Coding Alert

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Follow 4 Handy Tips to Easily Navigate Hypospadias Repair Claims

Hint: Report Q54.0 for balanic hypospadias. You may find reporting hypospadias repair challenging because ICD-10-CM offers numerous diagnosis code options, and CPT® offers many procedure codes. For example, you will need to know both the abnormal location of the hypospadias urethral meatus and whether your urologist performed an initial single stage or multi-stage repair in order to choose the correct [...]
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