• If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ & read the forum rules. To view all forums, post or create a new thread, you must be an AAPC Member. If you are a member and have already registered for member area and forum access, you can log in by clicking here. If you've forgotten the password it can be reset on our sign in section by entering your registered Email Address or Username here. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below..

post op bleeding

C

cherylann.knighton

Guest
Messages
54
Location
New Portland, ME
hi
hoping someone could help me?
An outpatient patient had a stereotx bx then later on in the day had to go back in for post operative bleeding
CPT code 35820 shows as an inpatient code only?

the procedure performed: wound exploration under anesthesia with control of bleeding site and closure.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks!!!
 
CPT 35820 is a cardiovascular procedure, I believe this code is for reoperations inside the chest cavity, such as for post-operative bleeding after an open-heart surgery, so it would make sense that this would be inpatient only. If this procedure was just to repair bleeding at the site of the surgical incision, then a code from the integumentary section will probably be your choice, but hard to say what code without seeing the operative note.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top