Question

Medical Record: I Preoperative Diagnosis: Cholelithiasis, Chronic Cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis Postoperative Diagnosis: Cholelithiasis, Chronic Cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis, pathology pending | Procedure Performed: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with intra-operative fluoroscopic | cholangiography For additional information on coding for services performed on the Digestive system, watch How to Code CPT for Digestive Surgical Procedures video. Step 2: Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below: 1. Explain briefly why a cholecystectomy procedure was performed. (Use the listed diagnoses to help you explain) 2. List the procedure code(s) you would assign and explain why you chose the code(s) that you did. 3. Describe each step you used to find the code(s) you chose for this case in the CPT manual. Due Sunday at 11:59 pm EST. onle on different dave Ston 2:

Answer 1

1. The patient is having cholelithiasis , chronic cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis which are the indications of cholecystectomy . It is the surgical removal of the gallbladder.

2. Procedure code of laparoscopic cholecystectomy with intra- operative fluoroscopic cholangiography - 47564

3. Steps to find out CPT code :-

1. determine the procedures and services performed during the encounter

2. locate the descriptor in the index and verify the code selection in the main text

3. determine the need for modifiers