tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2002 Issue 2

Distinguishing Rectal I&D from Anal I&D Codes

Reviewed on May 15, 2015 Coding the treatment of rectal and anal abscesses presents certain challenges because your surgeon may not use the precise language included in the CPT® code definitions. Simply determining whether a procedure should be considered a rectal or anal I&D can be difficult, for example, because the I&D codes in the anus section refer to the rectum and vice versa. Terms such as perirectal and perianal describe the general area around the rectum and anus and as such can be interpreted in many different ways.    Surgeons and coders can work together...

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