One of my cts surgeons states the practice he came from billed VATS/Robotic Esophageal Diverticulectomies as cpt 43130 & 43135, & the VATS/Robotic Diaphragm procedures as the cpt 39545, 39560, and 39561 because none of these codes specify Open/Thoracotomy/Laparotomy. But the STS stated to bill all these as an Unlisted code in the 2021 STS Coding Workshop so that is what I have been doing.
Can you all please let me know what your practice codes for these? I would greatly appreciate it.
Can you all please let me know what your practice codes for these? I would greatly appreciate it.