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  2. Ureterostomy - Wikipedia

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    A ureterostomy is the creation of a stoma (a new, artificial outlet) for a ureter or kidney. [1]The procedure is performed to divert the flow of urine away from the bladder when the bladder is not functioning or has been removed.

  3. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.

  4. Relative value unit - Wikipedia

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    The services are classified under a nomenclature based on the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) to which the American Medical Association holds intellectual property rights. [2] Each service in the fee schedule is scored under the resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) to determine a payment.

  5. Resource-based relative value scale - Wikipedia

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    The CPT Committee issues new codes twice each year. A separate committee, the Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC), [7] meets three times a year to set new values, [8] determines the Relative Value Units (RVUs) for each new code, and revalues all existing codes at least once every five years. The RUC has 29 members, 23 ...

  6. Category:Medical scales - Wikipedia

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    Pain scales (21 P) Pages in category "Medical scales" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  7. Pain scale - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese pain scale diagram, rating pain on a scale of 1 to 10. A pain scale measures a patient's pain intensity or other features. Pain scales are a common communication tool in medical contexts, and are used in a variety of medical settings. Pain scales are a necessity to assist with better assessment of pain and patient screening.

  8. Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee

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    The Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee or Relative Value Update Committee (RUC, pronounced "ruck") [1] is a volunteer group of 31 physicians who have made highly influential recommendations on how to value a physician's work when computing health care prices in the United States' public health insurance program Medicare.

  9. Ureter - Wikipedia

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    Associated symptoms may include recurrent infections, pain or blood in the urine; and when tested, kidney function might be seen to decrease. [13] These are considered situations when surgery is needed. [13] Medical imaging, including urinary tract ultrasound, CT or nuclear medicine imaging is conducted to investigate many causes.