tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 9

Glossary: Decode Small Intestine Resections With These Terms

Your surgeons’ op reports might use a variety of terms for small intestine resection procedures, depending on the portion removed and the reattachment. We’ve scoped out a few of the common words you’ll need to know to select the proper small intestine resection code: Anastomosis: Reattachment of the resulting proximal and distal portions of a resection, such as the small intestine Atresia (of small intestine): Malformation of the small bowel involving blockage or disconnection that interferes with the flow of nutrition through the digestive tract Excision/resection: Procedure in which the surgeon removes a section of an organ...

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