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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-PCS Codes
Transfer of Prepuce
A new table 0VX, Male Reproductive System, Transfer, was created to add the root operation Transfer for the body part Prepuce. This will allow the coding of procedures where the prepuce is transferred to repair male urogenital congenital malformations.
Body SystemRoot OperationBody PartV Male Reproductive System
X Transfer
T Prepuce
Several types of extensive reconstruction and repair procedures utilize the penile foreskin (prepuce) to correct male urogenital congenital malformations. The new table will allow the reporting of procedures such as repair of hypospadias, repair of chordee, urethroplasty to reconstruct the penile urethra, or to form flap grafts (Byars’ flaps)...
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