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Include This in Your Laparoscopic RSOs

Published on Tue Sep 23, 2014

Question: Our ob-gyn did a laparoscopic right salpingo-oophorectomy (RSO) with excision of small bowel lesion and irrigated the peritoneal cavity. Can I code the excision and irrigation separately? If so, what code should I report for the excision?  Florida Subscriber Answer: No, you cannot separately report the irrigation of the cavity as it, like peritoneal washing is included as part of the [...]
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