AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 1; Ask the Editor
Dismembered Pyeloplasty
A patient with an ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction presented for a right dismembered pyeloplasty. The ureter was transected and chromic stay sutures were placed in the ureter and renal pelvis for help with retraction. The pyeloplasty was performed and the ureter was anastomosed to the renal pelvis. What is the procedure code for a dismembered pyeloplasty?
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