AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2011 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Laparoscopically-Assisted Right Hemicolectomy

A patient presented with a malignant neoplasm of the hepatic flexure of the colon and underwent laparoscopically-assisted right hemicolectomy. What is the correct code assignment for a laparoscopic-assisted right hemicolectomy? Should code V64.41, Laparoscopic surgical procedure converted to open procedure, be assigned as an additional diagnosis? ...

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