CPT Knowledgebase - Oct 28, 2022

Question: A surgeon performs a small intestine resection, but the bowel is left in discontinuity as part of damage-control surgery in a trauma patient. Two days later, the patient undergoes re-exploration of the laparotomy, debridement and/or resection of the previously stapled ends of the small bowel, and anastomosis of the small intestine. How should this be reported?

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