CPT^® 43113, Under Excision Procedures on the Esophagus

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 43113 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Esophagus.

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The provider performs removal of most of or the entire esophagus. He uses a small bowel or colon graft for reconstruction. The procedure involves an incision into the chest.

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Help! Ivor Lewis, Collis, or neither....

I would say this is an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. I would bill the following: 43117 43247 44015 I do not think 43112 or 43113 are appropriate because the surgeon did not cut into the neck nor reconst... [ Read More ]

Help! Ivor Lewis, Collis, or neither....

This procedure has been coded by 3 of us. Its a bit long and time consuming but I would greatly appreciate any help. 1st set,2nd set,3rd set 43112 43113 4311... [ Read More ]

38746

[b]add-on codes[/b] Medicare has a list of "stand Alone" (ZZZ codes) that indicates what add-on codes can be billed with what primary codes. for 38746 it shows as follows: 32440-32488, 32501-32525, ... [ Read More ]

Coding Challenge - Help Needed

Any experience coders can help me with a delima. patient had two esophagus and stomach. Dr had to remove one of the esophagus because of various problems. the codes that are available includes replaci... [ Read More ]

Need help to code for the removal of the esophagus. patient had two

Any experienced coders can assist me on how to code for the excision of the esophagus. the patient had an extra esophagus and stomach. very rare situation. most of the codes 43107; 43108; 43113 and 4... [ Read More ]

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