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Verify This to Determine MMK or Burch
Published on Wed Feb 12, 2020
Question: I am new to urology coding and am having trouble distinguishing between an MMK procedure and a Burch procedure. How can I tell the difference based on the urologist’s documentation, and how do I relate that to choosing the right code? Utah Subscriber Answer: A Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK) procedure and a Burch procedure are indeed similar, so your confusion is [...]