Question

A 40-year-old female has cholelithiasis with chronic cholecystitis. She is in the Ambulatory Surgical Center to have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A dye was injected to perform an intraoperative cholangiogram. The surgeon who performed the procedure included a separate report with his interpretation of the cholangiogram that indicated there was normal, free flow into the duodenum, with no evidence of filling defects with no stones or strictures seen. What CPT® codes are reported for the professional services of the surgeon?

Answer 1

47563, 74300-26

Step-by-step explanation:

Cholelithiasis simply means the formation of gallstones. And chronic cholecystitis is known to be periodic attack of pain occurring when gallstones block the cyst duct.

CPT codes means Current Procedural Terminology. And it is described or explained as the procedural code set used for reporting medical, diagnostic, and surgical services performed by health care providers.

It should be understood that, person with cholelithiasis will undergo a surgery where he/she will have the gallbladder removed along with having a dye injection for an intraoperative cholangiogram. The cholangiogram is performed to make sure there are no gallstones, tumors or strictures causing partial or total obstruction of the flow of dye into the duodenum.

In this case, the CPT codes will be used for reporting. Code 47563 describes a laparoscopic cholecystectomy with cholangiography, while Code 74300 is the correct code for the radiology service in the CPT® Index for Cholangiography/Intraoperative. The "26" is the modifier for the professional service.