[Answered]: Some procedures that affect the respiratory system…

Some procedures that affect the respiratory system are coded from other sections of the CPT. What criteria are applied in these cases? Does this seem logical? Why or why not? 2. How is coding done for procedures of the trachea and bronchi? How is this similar to or different from the way coding occurs for other procedures of the respiratory system? 3. Amy underwent surgery for repair of a ruptured spleen. The surgeon, Dr. Stanley, had to perform a splenectomy (he removed a portion of the spleen) as part of the repair. Would the splenectomy be reported separately from the repair code? 4. Harlan undergoes a mediastinotomy. In what section of the CPT manual would the code for this procedure be located? What additional information would be needed to assign a code? If the mediastinotomy involved the removal of a foreign body, could it be coded using the excision codes?