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CPT® 44950, Under Excision Procedures on the Appendix

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 44950 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Appendix.

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The provider removes an inflamed appendix, a saclike structure situated in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen at the junction of the large and small intestines. He performs the procedure to relieve pain and to prevent infection or rupture.

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Appendectomy confusion!!
[QUOTE="mjewett, post: 106678, member: 37822"] Code 49000 is bundled with code 44950, so code 49000 can not be billed. Code 44955 is not a stand alone code, since you can't bill 49000 then you can't ... [ Read More ]
repair of small intestine and anastomosis of small intestine to small intestine appendectomy bowel anastomosis small intestine
Ok I am stumped and possibly over thinking all of this. So The surgeon started out doing a diagnostic laparoscopy which turned into a laparotomy and resulted in multiple procedures with all three bein... [ Read More ]
Billing CPT codes 44180 and 44950 together
According to the NCCI Manual [QUOTE] Open enterolysis (CPT code 44005) and laparoscopic enterolysis (CPT code 44180) are defined by the CPT Manual as “separate procedures”. They are not separatel... [ Read More ]
Billing CPT codes 44180 and 44950 together
I have a question regarding billing CPT codes 44180 and 44950 together. I have seen in the past that if you bill CPT code 44180 (laparoscopy, surgical, enterolysis) with any other surgical code it wi... [ Read More ]
Laparascopic appendectomy
Yes I agree on the laparasocpic answer, I just noticed when my physician codes an open case he codes 44960 but the note will only say he irrigated the area Encoder has a note near the picture that say... [ Read More ]
Laparascopic appendectomy
That's why i questioned the code I read somewhere that we should use the unlisted code when dealing with a ruptured appendix with peritonitis/abscess, where I'm having a problem is the operative repor... [ Read More ]
Umblical Herniorrhaphy or Appendectomy??
[b]Umblical Herniorrhaphy[/b] Hi, Code Umblical herniorrhaphy (49587)only. Reason: While incise and open the abdomen other than appendectomy it's consider incidental procedure,so code main procedu... [ Read More ]
Umblical Herniorrhaphy or Appendectomy??
Hi there, Can anyone help me in coding the below operative report, do I need to code only Incarcerated Umblical herniorrhaphy(49587) or Appendectomy(44950), both we can not bill, since 44950 bundled... [ Read More ]
Help code Cecal Wedge please
Based on the fact that 44204(column 1) bundles into 44950(column 2) as well as the last sentence in your post... "a small wedge of cecum below base of the appendix was taken with the appendix specime... [ Read More ]
Modifier 22 or 53
A laparoscopic appendectomy was started but due to the inflamed state and poor tissue the appendix was pulled off the base so the procedure was converted to a midline laparotomy. Now I know the codes... [ Read More ]
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