AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2011 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Cystocele Repair with Mesh and Rectocele Repair with Sutures

What is the appropriate procedure code assignment for anterior repair of cystocele with mesh and posterior repair of rectocele without mesh? Would two codes (70.54 and 70.52) be reported to identify that one repair was performed using a graft and the other without graft, or would one code (70.53) be reported to fully describe the anterior repair with mesh and the posterior repair? ...

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