cherylann.knighton
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hi!
Can anyone help with with this? Can I bill for the decompression for the gallbladder
and would I just use 10021? thanks for your help!!
A 5 mm
epigastric and two 5 mm right upper quadrant trocars were placed in similar fashion
under direct visualization. The gallbladder was retracted anteriorly and
superiorly. However, was found to be tensely distended and therefore the
laparoscopic needle aspirator was placed, with white bile removed and good
decompression of the gallbladder. The gallbladder was then successfully retracted
anteriorly and superiorly in the infundibular area, found to have multiple adhesions
between bowel fat and paraduodenal soft tissues. These were all bluntly dissected
free without difficulty, and the cystic artery identified and doubly clipped.
Can anyone help with with this? Can I bill for the decompression for the gallbladder
and would I just use 10021? thanks for your help!!A 5 mm
epigastric and two 5 mm right upper quadrant trocars were placed in similar fashion
under direct visualization. The gallbladder was retracted anteriorly and
superiorly. However, was found to be tensely distended and therefore the
laparoscopic needle aspirator was placed, with white bile removed and good
decompression of the gallbladder. The gallbladder was then successfully retracted
anteriorly and superiorly in the infundibular area, found to have multiple adhesions
between bowel fat and paraduodenal soft tissues. These were all bluntly dissected
free without difficulty, and the cystic artery identified and doubly clipped.