Inspection, Exploration (non-endoscopic): Difference between revisions

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 '''Includes'''
 * exploratory LAP combine [[(D) Abdominal, Pelvic or Peritoneal Cavity, NOS]] with this code.  If a therapeutic lavage or abdominal washout is done code only the LAP, see [[List of CCI procedures we don't code]] IF the exploratory LAP is done in combination with a larger procedure the exploratory LAP does NOT need to be coded.  see [[CCI Collection]], special cases
-Do not code a procedure that is part of a "Bigger" procedure already coded.
-Example: In the course of many or most CABG surgeries, there is placement (or replacement) of chest tubes, pacer wires, arterial lines, central lines, and vein harvest, but do NOT code those procedures separately, since they are "included" in the CABG code. On the other hand, things done in OR that are NOT part of the standard procedure (e.g. for someone coming out from OR after CABG who now has ECMO, Swan-Ganz, IABP), you SHOULD code these as Admit Procedure).
 * For endoscopies, see [[GI Scopes]]