IHAVELKA
Networker
Hi all-
My doc did a limited chest wall resection and reconstruction using a small piece of PTFE. The diagnosis is an upper lobe cavitary lesion and in order to get to it he had to resect ribs 5 and 6. I used 19271 even though there was no tumor involvement in the chest. I can't find another code anywhere for this. Any suggestions? (My doc hates unlisted codes and the patient has Medicare). Thanks!
My doc did a limited chest wall resection and reconstruction using a small piece of PTFE. The diagnosis is an upper lobe cavitary lesion and in order to get to it he had to resect ribs 5 and 6. I used 19271 even though there was no tumor involvement in the chest. I can't find another code anywhere for this. Any suggestions? (My doc hates unlisted codes and the patient has Medicare). Thanks!