AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 2 (February)
Surgery: Digestive System (Q&A) (February 2018)
February 2018 page 11 Surgery: Digestive System Question: What Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code(s) should be reported when an operative intervention is performed solely for lysis of intestinal adhesions? Answer: If lysis of intestinal adhesions is performed independent of any other procedure, code 44005, Enterolysis (freeing of intestinal adhesion) (separate procedure), or code 44180, Laparoscopy, surgical, enterolysis (freeing of intestinal adhesion) (separate procedure) may be reported, as appropriate. Question: What is the appropriate code(s) to report when a transanal endoscopic microsurgical (ie, TEMS) excision of rectal tumor, including muscularis propria (ie, full thickness) is performed? Answer: Report code...
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