CPT® 2018:
Upgrade Laparoscopic Esophagectomy Coding Next Year
Published on Wed Nov 15, 2017
Look for op note details to choose the right code. If you've been turning to the same unlisted code every time your surgeon performed a laparoscopic or thoracoscopic esophagectomy, your coding choices just expanded greatly and got far more specific. That's because CPT® 2018 adds three new codes to describe esophagectomy using thoracoscopic and/or laparoscopic esophageal mobilization, with distinct codes [...]