AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 1 (January)
Laparoscopy, 56304 (Q&A) (January 1996)
January 1996 page 7b Coding Consultation Laparoscopy, 56304 (Q&A) Question When is it appropriate to use CPT code 56304, Laparoscopy, surgical; with lysis of adhesions? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, the guiding principle in reporting the lysis of adhesions separately is the complexity involved in performing this procedure. Many patients have some adhesions, and while it may be necessary to lyse them when doing another surgical procedure, it is not always appropriate to report the lysis separately. When the adhesions are few in number, are reasonably easy to lyse, and add very little additional time and...
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