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Wiki Need Help with Coding Laparotomy

Hopp

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Hi - PLEASE! Need help coding Surgery on the following:
Exploratory Laparotomy was done along with Lysis of extensive adhesions
and then through a separate incision an incarcerated LIH was performend.

Thinking 49507 -LT and appending 22 modifier for the adhesions

Not able to code for Laparotomy Am I correct??

Thanks in advance for any help
Deborah, CPC
 
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