tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2000 Issue 6

Correction

In the article Medical Necessity Required to Correctly Bill Appendectomy Add-on Code on page 33 of the April General Surgery Coding Alert, we incorrectly coded a right hemicolectomy in which the appendix, along with the cecum and the terminal ileum, was removed as 44140 (colectomy, partial; with anastomosis), when the more appropriate code is 44160 (colectomy with removal of terminal ileum and ileocolostomy). ...

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