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Wiki Please help- Mitral valve repair converted to Mitral valve replacement (33430 & 33425)

Hi all, How would you code a MEDI-CAL claim for a Mitral valve repair that was converted to a Mitral valve replacement? I just wanted to know which of the two would be primary and the correct modifiers to append. Thank you! :) 33430-AG, 22 33425-51,52,59 OR 33425-AG,52 33430-22,51,59
- malery_03
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- Mar 10, 2020
- cardio thoracic mitral repair replacement surgery valve vascular
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki Lap partial cecetomy w/o anastomosis & appy

I wanted to code this 44204-52 but the doctor wants to only bill the appy (doctor: as it was just a staple line across the cecum, higher than you usually do an appendectomy alone so trickier to do but not a formal bowel resection with anastomosis. It is a lot closer to an appendectomy than a...
- nlbarnes
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- Feb 22, 2016
- appendix cecum line polyp valve
- Replies: 0
- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki Charge for intracopertive TEE during AVR (for facility)

Charge for intraoperative TEE during AVR (for facility) Question regarding Intraoperative TEE for facility during open AVR surgery. I am not familiar with the non invasive cardiology side for facility coding. However the cardiology dept is asking if they are able to charge/code for their...
- Chlrtrep
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- Feb 5, 2016
- aortic avr surgery tee valve
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cardiovascular Thoracic

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