AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 6 (June)
Surgery: Digestive System (Q&A) (June 2018)
June 2018 page 11c Surgery: Digestive System Question: What is the appropriate code to report for an open low anterior resection of the colon when a colostomy is also performed? Answer: Code 44146, Colectomy, partial; with coloproctostomy (low pelvic anastomosis), with colostomy, should be reported. The value for intraservice work includes creating the colostomy. Surgery: Digestive System. CPT® Assistant. 2018; June 2018 page 11c ...
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