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AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2007 Issue 3
Discontinuing procedures vs. unsuccessful procedures
Surgery is an operation or procedure that is performed for treatment of an injury, deformity, disease or condition, by manual or instrumental means.
There are many techniques utilized for surgery, such as cutting, abrading, suturing, and laser. However, not every operation or procedure has a successful outcome.
The Central Office on HCPCS has received several questions regarding whether an unsuccessful operation or procedure should be reported. In response to these questions, this article is being written to provide some direction in the coding and reporting of unsuccessful operations or procedures.
When a procedure is considered to have “failed...
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