Colliemom
Expert
Hi, hoping some of you bill for these services as I need some advice.
I am new to coding for general surgery, and I am reviewing op reports before I submit claims. For one patient, the surgeon submitted billing his billing as 44204, 153.4, 578.9.
When I read his op report, it sates he performed a "laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with laparoscopic lysis of adhesions." There is a code for lysis of intestinal adhesions, which is 44180, but the CPT indicates it is a (separate procedure). So can this be billed with 44204, or is it bundled?
I am new to coding for general surgery, and I am reviewing op reports before I submit claims. For one patient, the surgeon submitted billing his billing as 44204, 153.4, 578.9.
When I read his op report, it sates he performed a "laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with laparoscopic lysis of adhesions." There is a code for lysis of intestinal adhesions, which is 44180, but the CPT indicates it is a (separate procedure). So can this be billed with 44204, or is it bundled?