Procedure/ Service: Post-op care, appendectomy, open. Enter code

Two codes differentiate an open appendectomy without rupture (44950) and with rupture (44960). However, only one code applies to laparoscopic appendectomy (44970), and it is used to report a laparoscopic appendectomy for either scenario; with rupture or without rupture.

99024 Post-operative visits should be reported with CPT code 99024 when the visit is furnished on the same day as an unrelated E/M service

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