A 27 year-old girl has been on the lung transplant list for months and today she will be receiving a LT and RT lung from an indi
vidual involved in an MVA. This person was DOA at the hospital and is an organ donor. The donor pneumonectomy was performed by physician A, the backbench work by physician B and the transplant of both lungs into the prepped and waiting patient by physician C. What is the correct coding for the removal (physician A), preparation (physician B) and insertion (physician C) of the lungs?
A 27 year-old girl has been on the lung transplant list for months and today she will be receiving a LT and RT lung from an individual involved in an MVA. This person was DOA at the hospital and is an organ donor. The donor pneumonectomy was performed by physician A, the backbench work by physician B and the transplant of both lungs into the prepped and waiting patient by physician C.
What is the correct coding for the removal (physician A), preparation (physician B) and insertion (physician C) of the lungs?
for physician A
32850 has to do with surgical procedure for the lungs and how it is been prepared
32856 for transplant procedure
32853 also for transplant procedure.
this code are called CPT. Current Procedural terminology
The product's label is the right answer because it will tell you all the uses and directions for it. If your need is there, then it meets your need, simple as that.
