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HOLEDUHE atien repped and draped sterilely A right lower quadrant skin incisiulf ade with a no. 10 blade and carried down through subcutaneous SSues using electrocautery The anterior sheath of the rectus was cored. The rectus retracted medially, and the posterior sheath and beritoneum were grasped with curved clamps and sharply incised, chus aliowing entry into the peritoneal cavity Some serous fiuid stable caluiltIOI Pathology Report Later Indicated: See Report 7-208 t this b to Bt and The patier dore abou SERVICE CODEIS ACD-10-CM DX CODEISI whether it do rot knos sable at the FAST MED OPERATIONS 1BVateral l 2 TURP ran 3 Laparoscop NESSES CASE 7-20B Pathology Report LOCATION: Inpatient, Hospital show a white-tan wall with a pinpoint lumen. Representative secti are submitted in two cassettes. PATIENT: Sally Jacobson ATTENDING PHYSICIAN: Leslie Alanda, MD MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION: PATHOLOGIST Grey Lonewolf, MD CLINICAL HISTORY Rule out acute appendicitis Cross-sections of appendix show intact mucosal epithelium. No evidenc acute inflammation is seen. There is fibrofatty obliteration of the disa Matiple stro 1 Hoertension 3 Arthritis TISSUE RECEVED: Appendix DIAGNOSIS GROSS DESCRIPTION Appendix, excision. Fibrofatty obliteration of the distal ti inflammation identified The specimen is labeled with the patient's name and "appendix and consists of 7.3-cm (centimeter) veriform appendix with attached mesoacpendix. The serosal surface is smooth pink-tan. Cut sections SERVICE CODEIS) ICD-10-CM DX CODEIS)

Need help finding a CPT service code and ICD-10-CM Code.

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CPT SERVICE CODE FOR APPENDIX - 44960

ICD 10 CM CODE FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS _ K35.80 ( UNSPECIFIED ACUTE APPENDICITIS)