AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Abdominal Pannus Status Post Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

The patient is a 48-year-old female, who had previously undergone a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass operation. She had lost a considerable amount of weight since the operation and developed a large symptomatic abdominal pannus. This was causing the patient a great deal of discomfort and functional incapacity. Additionally, she had an upper midline ventral hernia. The patient was admitted for abdominal panniculectomy with abdominoplasty, and ventral hernia repair. How should this be coded? ...

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