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CODING Q&A

What is included in global period for TURP?

"A 90-day global procedure means that the work for the procedure and associated care has already been factored into the payment for the code, typically including 1 day preoperative work, work on the day of the procedure, and the work that is typical for 90 days beginning the day after surgery," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

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How to code for post-DVIU Botox injection into stricture

Rubenstein and Painter answer the question: Our urologists are incorporating Botox injections into urethral strictures after a direct vision internal urethrotomy. How do you appropriately code for the Botox injection into the stricture?

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SURVEY

Is DRE still a relevant tool in the management of prostate cancer?

Taking advantage of stones that respond to urine alkalinization

Tim Large, MD, discusses the role of urine alkalinization in treatment for a patient with a staghorn uric acid kidney stone that compromised almost the entire renal pelvis. He shares how alkalinization can reduce stone complexity, cost and morbidity.

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