AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2025 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Removal of Prolift® Mesh

A patient with pelvic pain, vaginal pain, dyspareunia, and vaginal prolapse is admitted for removal of a previously implanted total Prolift® mesh kit. The anterior Prolift® was removed from the vaginal wall, bladder, and small bowel along with the removal of the anterior mesh arms from the obturator and adductor muscles. The posterior Prolift® was then removed from the rectum followed by removal of the posterior mesh arms from the levator muscles. Would one removal code be assigned for the general anatomical region since every body part is in the pelvic cavity or would each body part be coded separately? ...

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