tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2010 Issue 9

Reader Questions: Don't Limit Add-On Code Use Without Specific Instructions

Question: I read your You Be the Coder in the July 2010 issue of General Surgery Coding Alert regarding coding for a Tru-Cut liver biopsy. It has always been my understanding that you use 47001 when performing open surgical procedures. If a surgeon is performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy I would choose 47000. Is this incorrect?Michigan SubscriberAnswer: Code +47001 (Biopsy of liver, needle; when done for indicated purpose at time of other major procedure [list separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) was added to CPT before laparoscopy was a common surgical approach and the intent at that...

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