How do you open a splenectomy?

How do you open a splenectomy?

During the procedure

1. Laparoscopic splenectomy. During laparoscopic splenectomy, the surgeon makes four small incisions in your abdomen.
2. Open splenectomy. During open splenectomy, the surgeon makes an incision in the middle of your abdomen and moves aside muscle and other tissue to reveal your spleen.

Would the splenectomy be reported separately from the repair code?

Code 38100, total splenectomy, is a separate procedure code. Therefore, it is not reported if another procedure is completed.

Which incision is used to access the spleen?

There are two standard incisions for open splenectomy: a supraumbilical midline or left subcostal with or without midline extension. A midline incision is usually employed in trauma cases.

What is the CPT code for total removal of a spleen?

CPT® 38101, Under Excision Procedures on the Spleen The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 38101 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Excision Procedures on the Spleen.

What is the CPT code for exploration of the mediastinum with Mediastinotomy for drainage via the cervical area?

CPT codes 39000 and 39010 describe mediastinotomy by cervical or thoracic approaches respectively with “exploration, drainage, removal of foreign body, or biopsy.” Exploration of the surgical field is not separately reportable with another procedure performed in the surgical field.

What is the CPT code for open cholecystectomy?

The codes for this surgery would be 47612, Cholecystectomy with exploration of common duct; with choledochoenterostomy, and 43820, Gastrojejunostomy; without vagotomy.

What is procedure code 11402?

11402. EXCISION, BENIGN LESION INCLUDING MARGINS, EXCEPT SKIN TAG (UNLESS LISTED ELSEWHERE), TRUNK, ARMS OR LEGS; EXCISED DIAMETER 1.1 TO 2.0 CM.