tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2009 Issue 15

CPT 2010: Get Your Lap Coding up to Speed With This New Code Rundown

Make sure you're ready for abdominal repair and hemorrhoidectomy changes, too. Reporting your general surgeon's service with an unlisted code means more documentation work and a payment guessing game -- that's why you'll welcome CPT 2010's more specific codes. Let our experts introduce you to a pair of specific lap codes and host of new tumor incision codes that you'll need to know starting Jan. 1. Capture Large Abdominal Repairs With New Code When your general surgeon repairs a large abdominal wall defect, you didn't have a way to report the work -- until now. CPT 2010 adds 14301...

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