tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 6

Reader Question: 62 Splits Work for Two Surgeons

Question: How should we code this open procedure, when the general surgeon performs a sigmoid colon resection and a urologist performs a ureteral stricture repair during the same surgery: ·         Laparotomy ·         Lysis of adhesions ·         Rigid sigmoidoscopy and sigmoid colon resection with loop ileostomy and mucofistula ·         Repair of colo-vesical fistula ·         Cystoscopy, dilation of ureteral stricture and...

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