HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2019 Issue 10 (March)

Q&A: Control versus other root operations

March 5th, 2019

Q: We had a patient with hemorrhagic cystitis. Our preprocedural plan was a cystoscopy with a bladder biopsy and cauterization. How should this be reported in ICD-10-PCS? We are having trouble choosing between Control or another root operation, and we are getting different MS-DRGs depending how the procedure is reported.

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