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Laparoscopic to Open Procedure for Ectopic Pregnancy
Published on Fri May 13, 2016
Question: My ob-gyn did a diagnostic laparoscopy, an exploratory laparotomy, and a cornual resection for an ectopic pregnancy. I have the laparoscopic procedures figured out, but what is the code for the cornual resection? Maine Subscriber Answer: Because this was a procedure that was converted from laparoscopic to open, you will report the final open procedure. In this case, the CPT® code [...]