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Wiki Lap chole converted to lap cholecystostomy

Please help! Not sure about this one. Pt was scheduled for a lap chole. Once the doctor started the procedure he states that continuing with the lap chole or even converting to open could result in high risk of bile duct injury so he did a tube cholecystostomy . I couldn't find a lap...
- lmchiatto@yahoo.com
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- Feb 15, 2016
- bile foley gallbladder lap trocar
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- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki What CPT code for this?

My surgeon did a subtotal gastrectomy with Roux-en-y and then had to take the patient back to surgery 3 days later for a duodenal stump leak. I am not sure what CPT code to use. I was looking at 43840-78 but am not sure that this is what was done. I was thinking of going the unlisted route...
- jdibble
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- Dec 30, 2015
- bile duodenal inspection leak stump
- Replies: 3
- Forum: General Surgery

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