AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 1 (January)

Surgery Digestive System (January 2001)

January 2001 page 13 Coding Consultation Digestive System, Surgery, 41155, 38724 (Q&A) Question My physician performed a composite resection (41155) on the left side of the neck and a modified radical neck dissection on the right side (38724). What is the appropriate way to code these two procedures? AMA Comment The correct coding would be as follows: 41155 38724-59 (for Medicare 38724-59,-51) This would indicate that the second procedure is separate from the first. This holds true for any procedure that includes a neck dissection performed bilaterally. Digestive System, Surgery, 41155, 38724 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2001...

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