When a VATS diagnostic wedge resection is followed by an anatomic lung resection, add-on code +32668 Thoracoscopy
Thoracoscopy is a medical procedure involving internal examination, biopsy, and/or resection of disease or masses within the pleural cavity and thoracic cavity. Thoracoscopy may be performed either under general anaesthesia or under sedation with local anaesthetic.
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Oct 01, 2021 · Z90.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z90.2 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z90.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z90.2 may differ.
Oct 01, 2021 · Z00-Z99. 2022 ICD-10-CM Range Z00-Z99. Factors influencing health status and contact with health services. Note. Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed.
ICD-10-PCS code | Operation | Body part |
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0BTH0ZZ | Resection | Lung lingula |
0BTH4ZZ | Resection | Lung lingula |
0BTJ0ZZ | Resection | Lower lung lobe, left |
0BTJ4ZZ | Resection | Lower lung lobe, left |
ICD-10-PCS: | 02UG3JZ |
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Short Description: | Supplement Mitral Valve with Synth Sub, Perc Approach |
Long Description: | Supplement Mitral Valve with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach |
Pulmonary lobectomy CPT codes and ICD-9 codes sets | |
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CPT 32500 | Wedge resection |
ICD 32.39* | Other and unspecified segmental resection of lung |
ICD 32.29 | Other local excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of lung (used for wedge resection) |
VATS procedures (i.e., via thoracoscopy) |
As in a lobectomy performed via thoracotomy, the VATS procedure dissects, ligates, and divides the pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and bronchus to the involved pulmonary lobe. Typically, endoscopic stapling devices are used to accomplish the ligation and division of the vessels and bronchus.
Due to advances in surgical procedures, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has an increasing role in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy.
By Laurette Pitman, RN, CPC-H, CGIC, CCS#N#Due to advances in surgical procedures, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has an increasing role in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy. Patients who undergo this procedure have the advantages of less postoperative pain, fewer surgical complications, a shortened hospital stay, and reduced costs.#N#The procedure is performed with the use of small fiber optic cameras that allow the surgeon to look inside the chest, usually via a monitor. Similar to a laparoscopic procedure, small incisions are made in the chest allowing the surgeon to introduce the thoracoscope and other small instruments, which may be used for cutting, stitching, or stapling. Following the VATS, a chest tube may be left in the operative pleural cavity for drainage and/or lung re-expansion.#N#Multiple procedures can be performed using VATS to treat an assortment of disorders. For example:#N#Biopsies
VATS lobectomy is a surgical procedure that removes one lobe of the lung that contains cancerous cells. As in a lobectomy performed via thoracotomy, the VATS procedure dissects, ligates, and divides the pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and bronchus to the involved pulmonary lobe.
A diagnostic biopsy or biopsies of lung infiltrate—whether by wedge or incisional technique—is reported using 32607. If the thoracoscopic biopsy is performed on a lung nodule or mass (again, either wedge or incisional), select 32608. Both 32607 and 32608 are unilateral codes, reported only once per lung; procedures performed on both lungs require ...