Cases with incorrect code assignment were less morbid than cases with correct code assignment, with a lower incidence of hysterectomy at delivery (17% vs 100%), blood transfusion (26% vs 75%) and admission to the intensive care unit (0% vs 53%). Primary reasons for code misassig...
Pap smear screening is considered not medically necessary for women who have undergone complete (total) hysterectomy for benign disease (e.g., no evidence of cervical neoplasia or cancer) or have absent cervix. Note: Medically necessary cervical cancer screening is covered under plans that cover ro...
Uterine myomas are responsible for 2–3% of women’s infertility [3] and are globally the most common indication for hysterectomy. In the United States, more than 479,000 hysterectomies are performed each year, with 46.6% due to myomas, and 47.7% occurring in women between the ages of 18 ...
However, only a small, selected percentage of symptomatic women with adenomyosis undergoes hysterectomy, and the real prevalence of the disease is underestimated [3,7,8,9]. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) represents the method of choice for the non-invasive diagnosis of adenomyosis with adequate ...
poorly differentiated, or unknown), tumor stage (localized, regional, or distant), and treatment (no surgery, local tumor excision or destruction, total hysterectomy (THR), total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoopherectomy (THR w/BSO), radical hysterectomy, or hysterectomy not otherwise specified...