CPT^® 47562, Under 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 Biliary Tract.

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The provider removes the gallbladder through a laparoscope, a tubular instrument with a light source and camera inserted through the abdominal wall, to treat gallbladder disease.

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47562 or 47563

Ongoing debate about if cholangiogram is documented and can be billed. From the Op note: "At this point, ICG interrogation was then performed and the ICG cholangiogram demonstrating the gallbladder,... [ Read More ]

What in the world does this mean??

[QUOTE="RaveenaS, post: 505475, member: 729236"] Can someone please tell me what this means??? BCBS is not helping at all with the explanation when only ONE doctor performed 47562. (Dx: K80.10) Patien... [ Read More ]

What in the world does this mean?? anthem blue cross bluecrossblueshield

Can someone please tell me what this means??? BCBS is not helping at all with the explanation when only ONE doctor performed 47562. (Dx: K80.10) Patient only has ONE gallbladder, so I don't get it. I ... [ Read More ]

ICG (Indocyanine green)

When I researched the billing of ICG with Cholecystectomy I found that Anesthesia bills for this. We cannot bill this as it is included in the 47562 and 47563. I would check with your Anesthesia Depar... [ Read More ]

ICG (Indocyanine green)

[QUOTE="Peterk50, post: 494672, member: 338145"] With a LAP cholecystectomy (47562 or 47563), I have been able to bill 74300,26. It is not separately reportable with any of the colon resections. [/QUO... [ Read More ]

ICG (Indocyanine green)

With a LAP cholecystectomy (47562 or 47563), I have been able to bill 74300,26. It is not separately reportable with any of the colon resections.... [ Read More ]

Discontinued Procedure

Agreed, the laparoscopic procedure is a component of the open procedure and can't be coded separately. 47562 bundles to 47605 and this cannot be bypassed with any modifier. But without the operative... [ Read More ]

Discontinued Procedure

DX K80.10, K66.0,Z53.31 Cpt 47605 mod 22,47562 mod 22,53 Does the doctor get paid for the discontinued services (47562)? [ATTACH type="full"]4874[/ATTACH]... [ Read More ]

Lap Cholecystectomy with Wedge biopsy of the liver

[QUOTE="carol52, post: 483042, member: 62762"] Hello, I always question whether these can be billed together or not; can someone shed some light on these procedures. Noted in Patients H&P that patien... [ Read More ]

cholecystostomy

What is documented here is not a percutaneous procedure. 47490 is an interventional radiology procedure that is less invasive than a laparoscopic procedure - the catheter in the percutaneous procedur... [ Read More ]

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