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Aug 25th, 2016 - holmeskm

Hepatectomy

Would it be appropriate to bill 47122 for a "Right" segments 5,6 and 7 lobectomies?

Aug 25th, 2016 - alg618 2 

re: Hepatectomy

To bill for a trisegmentectomy, the physician excises the right lobe or the left lobe plus the caudate and quadrate segments (medial segment). This is from my Atlas of Surgical Anatomy CPT® book.



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