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Wiki Laparoscopic to Open back to Laparoscopic

Thread starter bjrepar
Start date Aug 28, 2014

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bjrepar

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Aug 28, 2014

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I need information on how to code when the surgery starts as laparoscopic converted to open for a small portion and then back to laparoscopic.

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Nancy Simpson

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Aug 28, 2014

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Lps to open back to lps

You should bill the OPEN code with a "22" modifier and add diagnosis code V64.41

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