tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2012 Issue 5

Enterolysis Coding: 44005 and 44180: Know When to Punt to Modifier 22

Bundling rules restrict separate lysis-of-adhesions coding. When your surgeon cuts through adhesions during abdominal surgery, is there any way for you to ethically capture pay for the extra work? The answer is a qualified "yes," according to our experts. Read on to learn the circumstances that warrant additional billing, and the coding methods to capture adhesiolysis pay. Recognize Conditions for Separate Enterolysis Although CPT® provides the following two codes for adhesiolysis, "separate procedure" rules and Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits bundle the service with most abdominal surgeries: 44005 -- Enterolysis (freeing of intestinal adhesion) (separate procedure) 44180 --...

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.