BC Advantage - 2017 Issue 12

Hysterectomy Coding in ICD-10-PCS

Hysterectomy coding in ICD-10-PCS will be the focus of this “In the kNOW” segment.  When ICD-10-PCS codes were first adopted, we were trained that to code a total hysterectomy appropriately would require two codes: one for the resection of the uterus, and one for the resection of the cervix.  This followed the PCS guideline B3.2a which tells us that when the same root operation is performed on different body parts that have their own body part character we would code multiple procedures, thereby capturing each body part.  Index:Hysterectomy    Total       ...

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