You Be the Coder:
Test Your Abscess Procedure Coding Prowess
Published on Tue Dec 13, 2022
Question: My urologist performed a procedure and the operative report reads: “After general anesthesia, the patient was placed in the lithotomy position and his penis, perineum, and lower abdomen were prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. An incision was made in the anterior-most aspect of the fluctuant pocket in the perineum. There was an obvious abscess with extensive [...]