AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Laparoscopic Repair of Colon

Effective October 1, 2008, codes for laparoscopic repair of colon are also included in category 17. The current ICD-9-CM procedure codes do not distinguish between open and laparoscopic colo-rectal surgery (removal of portions of the large bowel and rectum). The lack of specificity for these codes made it very difficult to track what type of surgical approach was used. Therefore, these new codes were created to specifically capture the laparoscopic approach. New subcategory 17.3 Laparoscopic partial excision of large intestine Excludes: other and open partial excision of large intestine (45.71-45.79) New code 17.31 Laparoscopic multiple...

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