tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 9

You Be the Coder: Include Control of Bleeding in Primary Procedure

Question: During bowel resection, our surgeon dictated that she performed "control of bleeding." How should we code that procedure? Arizona Subscriber Answer: When the surgeon performs a major procedure, such as a bowel resection (for example, 44202, Laparoscopy, surgical; enterectomy, resection of small intestine, single resection and anastomosis), control of bleeding is an included component of the surgery. If the surgeon provided extra work to control bleeding during a major procedure, you may attempt to gain additional reimbursement by appending modifier -22 (Unusual procedural services) to the appropriate CPT code. For instance, during repair of ruptured abdominal aneurysm...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci General Surgery Coding Alert.


Leverage vital, to-the-point monthly guidance to boost your reporting accuracy and your coding know-how. We make it convenient for your team to stay informed, compliant, and profitable with a subscription to TCI’s General Surgery Coding Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 2100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1999 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci General Surgery Coding Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.