- 4 Steps Focus Whipple Code Selection : Pancreas Surgery - AAPC
For instance: A Whipple procedure usually includes removing the gall bladder, so you shouldn’t separately code that work In fact, the national Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) bundles 47600 (Cholecystectomy) as a column 2 code with the Whipple procedure codes with a modifier indicator of “0,” meaning that you should not report the codes
- Excise Bad Whipple Procedure Coding - AAPC Knowledge Center
A pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreatoduodenectomy, or Whipple, is a surgical procedure involving the pancreas, intestines, and other organs It is usually performed to treat malignancies on the head of the pancreas, common bile duct, or duodenum (which are near the pancreas) but also may be performed in abdominal trauma cases involving the
- Focus Distal Pancreatectomy Coding : Case Study - AAPC
CPT ® provides the following codes to describe various Whipple procedure configurations: 48150 (Pancreatectomy, proximal subtotal with total duodenectomy, partial gastrectomy, choledochoenterostomy and gastrojejunostomy (Whipple-type procedure); with pancreatojejunostomy) 48152 (… without pancreatojejunostomy)
- Whipple Procedure and Cholecystectomy : You Be the Coder - AAPC
Answer: The standard radical pancreaticoduodenectomy, or Whipple procedure (48150, pancreatectomy, proximal subtotal with total duodenectomy, partial gastrectomy, choledochoenterostomy and gastrojejunostomy [Whipple-type procedure]; with pancreatojejunostomy), usually includes removal of the gallbladder and ligature of the cystic duct as described in most standard surgical texts, says M
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Whipple's procedure Sometimes your surgeon also needs to remove the lower part of your stomach This is where it joins your duodenum Doctors also call this operation a pancreaticoduodenectomy The diagram below shows how your surgeon might join the remaining parts of your pancreas, stomach and bile duct during the operation
- Whip Your Pancreatic Cancer Coding Into Shape - AAPC
Report this procedure with code 48155 Pancreatectomy, total Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreatoduodenectomy): surgery to remove tumors in the head of the pancreas The surgical goal is primarily to excise the head of the pancreas, but often, due to the nature of the organ and disease, additional resections are needed
- Master Terminology for Whip-Smart Whipple Claims - AAPC
Know the Procedure by Name Be aware that your surgeon may not always refer to a Whipple as a Whipple Other common names for the procedure include pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreat-ectomy with duodenectomy, pylorus-sparing pancreaticoduodenectomy or Traverso-Longmire procedure, and Kausch or Kausch-Whipple procedure
- Wiki Laparoscopic Whipple ( Pancreaticoduodenectomy) Procedure - AAPC
Of course it would help to see a copy f the note, but you cannot use an open procedure code for a laparoscopic procedure Sometimes coders do this with a 52 modifier on the open code, however the reimbursement is then reduced and most surgeons I have talked to about this say there is more work, effort, and time involved with a laparoscopic
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