Code Cholecystectomy Surgeries With Confidence - AAPC
May 19, 2025 · Code 49400 is integral to the procedure as it is required for the surgery to proceed. A Whipple-type pancreatectomy procedure (reported with codes 48150-48154) …
Wiki - 47562 or 47563 | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
Aug 11, 2022 · The gallbladder was then dissected off the gallbladder fossa. Is the use of fluorescent imaging with injection of ICG during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy considered …
Open Cholecystectomy With Cholangiogram? Here's How - AAPC
Feb 27, 2005 · Question: Which code (s) should I use to report cholecystectomy with cholangiogram and exploration of common bile duct? Texas Subscriber Answer: For an open …
Laparoscopic Procedures on the Biliary Tract - AAPC
Reader Question: Use Open Code for Conversion to Open Procedure - (Oct 21, 2008) CCI bundles laparoscopic portion into open code.Question: My doctor did a laparoscopic …
General Surgery Coding Alert - AAPC
Apr 1, 2001 · If you read the top of the operative report, it may list laparoscopic cholecystectomy only, but the procedure notes in the operative report clearly state that a cholangiogram was …
ICG (Indocyanine green) | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
Apr 28, 2021 · However, after further review, the description of the procedure did not indicate the ICG imaging visualized the bile ducts but rather it was used only to visualize the common bile …
CPT® Code 43260 - Endoscopic Retrograde ... - AAPC
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 43260 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endoscopic Retrograde …
Wiki - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with failed cholangiogram
Oct 12, 2012 · Hi, I have a procedure where the physician was performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy with an intraoperative cholangiogram however the cholangiogram was …
CPT® 2016: Percutaneous Biliary Interventional Coding - AAPC
47531 Injection procedure for cholangiography, percutaneous, complete diagnostic procedure including imaging guidance (eg, ultrasound and/or fluoroscopy) and all associated radiological …
CPT® Code 47562 - Laparoscopic Procedures on the Biliary Tract
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 47562 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Laparoscopic Procedures on the …