AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 10 (October)

Surgery: Digestive System (Q&A) (October 2014)

October 2014 page 15a Surgery: Digestive System Question: When the only procedure performed is the excision of an internal hemorrhoid (single column/group), what would be the appropriate code to report? Answer: It would be appropriate to report code 46255, Hemorrhoidectomy, internal and external, single column/group, with modifier 52, Reduced services, appended because only internal hemorrhoid excision was performed. Surgery: Digestive System (Q&A) (October 2014). CPT® Assistant. 2014; October 2014 page 15a ...

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