Surgical Coding: Capture Extra Work for Choledochal Cyst

Discover these subsequent reconstruction codes. Question: The surgeon treated a patient with a large choledochal cyst. The procedure involved an open cholecystectomy with en bloc excision of extrahepatic bile ducts (roux-en-Y reconstruction) with hepaticojejunostomy. What are the correct CPT and ICD-9 codes? Answer: The correct ICD-9 code will depend on whether the patient has an acquired [...] Related articles:

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