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CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 27, 2006
When a patient undergoes a laparoscopic appendectomy and a laparoscopic colostomy, is it appropriate to report codes 44970, Laparoscopy, surgical, appendectomy, and 44188, Laparoscopy, surgical, colostomy or skin level cecostomy?
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