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Question: What code should I report for a laparoscopic closure of enterocele?

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Answer: You should report an unlisted code (49329, Unlisted laparoscopy procedure, abdomen, peritoneum and omentum). Compare the work involved with 57270 (Repair of enterocele, abdominal approach [separate procedure]).

Keep in mind: If your physician reports this at the same time of a laparoscopic colpopexy, you should include it, because the colpopexy procedure also reduces any existing enterocele.

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