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Wiki diverting loop ileostomy

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Hello,

I need help with a procedure.

Surgeon performed a exploratory lap, lysis of adhesions and diverting loop ileostomy. During the procedure the patient became hypotensive so the colectomy was cancelled and a diverting loop ileosomy was performed to releave the partial bowel obstruction. How would you code that?


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lysis of adhesion is bundled, add a modifier 22 to primary CPT if lysis of adhesion were extensive and timing of doing so was more than 1 hour. If the colectomy was started with mobilizing of hepatic/splenic flexure and ready to do so, then aborted...code the colectomy with mod 53

This may be your best coding scenario

44130-m-22
 
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