Does Medicaid cover artificial urinary sphincter and male urethral sling surgery?-a state-by-state analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information regarding the Medicaid coverage of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) and male suburethral slings (MS) placement in the United States (US) is not readily available. In this manuscript, we seek to elucidate the state-by-state Medicaid coverage of these two procedures in the US.

Methods

State Medicaid websites were utilized to access publicly available physician fee schedules for the calendar year 2020. Fee schedules were searched for current procedural terminology (CPT) codes. CPT codes representing insertion of tandem cuff, insertion of AUS, removal of AUS, removal and replacement AUS, sling operation for correction of male stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and removal or revision of sling for male SUI were utilized. Data were recorded by the procedur

SUBMITTER: Soltanzadeh Zarandi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10005999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature