tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 38

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Heads Up--Laparoscopic Versions Of Open GI Procedure Codes

CPT plays catch-up with surgical techniques Is your surgeon performing a number of laparoscopic gastric or intestinal procedures? Then CPT 2006 will be your new best friend. January’s update includes four new codes for laparoscopic intestinal surgery (44180-44188), including enterolysis, jejunostomy and colostomy/cecostomy. And it introduces an add-on code for surgical laparascopy with the take-down of the splenic flexure in conjunction with a partial colectomy (44213), which you can use in addition to 44204-44208. There’s also a new code for a laparoscopic closure of an enterostomy of the large or small intestine (44227). And there are two...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.