Incision and drainage of an appendiceal abscess through an open incision is coded with CPT® 44900. CPT’s parenthetical note tells us to use 49406 Image-guided fluid collection drainage by catheter (eg, abscess, hematoma, seroma, lymphocele, cyst); peritoneal or retroperitoneal, percutaneous for a percutaneous image-guided drainage by catheter of an appendiceal abscess. Reported as an Open […]
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