tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2008 Issue 1

Grab an Extra $120 With Gall Bladder Removal

Watch for routine services and count the extra reimbursement When your general surgeon removes a patient's gall bladder, you should make sure all of his efforts are being rewarded. Here's how: With a laparoscopic (47562-47564) or open (47600-47610) cholecystectomy, you should watch out for two common procedures that go along with them: cholangiography and exploration of the common bile duct. If the surgeon performs a cholangiography, you can bill 47563 for a cholecystectomy with cholangiography. Or for an open procedure, you can bill 47605. If you bill 47563 instead of 47562, your surgeon will receive an extra $20, which...

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