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tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2019 Issue Q4
Hemorrhoidectomy: Change How You Report Internal Hemorrhoid Excision in CPT® 2020
Master code addition and revisions.
CPT® 2020 delivers some changes you need to know for reporting your surgeon’s work for internal hemorrhoid excision procedures.
Read on to make sure you catch the new code, two revised codes, and even a deleted Category III hemorrhoidectomy code.
New Code Leads Change
CPT® 2020 debuts a new code that gives you an option if your surgeon performs transanal dearterialization of two or more hemorrhoid columns or groups:
46948 (Hemorrhoidectomy, internal, by transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization, 2 or more hemorrhoid columns/groups, including ultrasound guidance, with mucopexy, when performed)
Note that this new code...
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