AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Ureteral Stent Placement for Urinary Leakage

A 73-year-old patient, who is status post partial right nephrectomy due to renal cell carcinoma, presented due to a urine leak with a urinary fistula and retroperitoneal fluid collection.  Urinary diversion was performed by placing a right ureteral stent.  A double J ureteral stent was placed with the proximal curl in the upper pole calyx and the distal curl in the bladder.  What is the appropriate root operation for this procedure? ...

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