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Wiki repair of small intestine and anastomosis of small intestine to small intestine

Ok I am stumped and possibly over thinking all of this. So The surgeon started out doing a diagnostic laparoscopy which turned into a laparotomy and resulted in multiple procedures with all three being caused by dense adhesions but in different ways and I am unsure if I have chosen the right CPT...
- amandakconnell318
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- May 11, 2021
- appendectomy bowel anastomosis small intestine
- Replies: 5
- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki Bowel resection with anastomosis

My General surgery providers want to know if they perform bowel resection with anastomosis, is it separately billable. One surgeon did the resection, and other surgeon did the anastomosis. Should this be billed as an assisting surgeon, or can it be billed separately? Is there a CPT code for...
- Missy13
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- Oct 12, 2020
- anastomosis assistant surgeon bowel bowel anastomosis large bowel small bowel
- Replies: 3
- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki Indocyanine green for bowel anastomosis

Does anyone know what CPT code we can use for immunofluorescence angiography with indocyanine green for bowel anastomosis? 92240 is the only code we could find, but that is used in ophthalmology. Thank you!
- kellyprice86
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- Mar 14, 2018
- angiography bowel anastomosis immunofluorescence indocyanine green
- Replies: 1
- Forum: General Surgery

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