CPT^® 44141, Under Excision Procedures on the Intestines (Except Rectum)

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 44141 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Intestines (Except Rectum).

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The provider surgically removes a portion of the colon and then brings part of the cecum (part of the large intestine) or the colon through a separate incision on the skin of the abdomen as a skin–level cecostomy or colostomy for waste removal.

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