tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2000 Issue 1

You Be the Coder: Laparoscopic Intestinal Lesion Excision

Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer.Question: How do I code 44110-44111 (excision of one or more lesions of small or large bowel not requiring anastomosis, exteriorization, or fistulization; single or multiple enterotomies) done laparoscopically?Anonymous Texas SubscriberAnswer: Even with all of the new laparoscopic codes in CPT 2000, there was still not one for laparoscopic excision of lesions of small or large intestine, says Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P, a coding and reimbursement specialist in Lenzburg, Ill. You would need to use the unlisted...

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