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The authors of this article challenge the conclusions of a 2003 article by Swank et al, which was aimed at comparing laparoscopic lysis of adhesions with diagnostic laparoscopy in the treatment of chronic abdominal pain.

The authors of this article challenge the conclusions of a 2003 article by Swank et al, which was aimed at comparing laparoscopic lysis of adhesions with diagnostic laparoscopy in the treatment of chronic abdominal pain.

According to the National Inpatient Profile, more than 400,000 laparotomies were performed for lysis of adhesions in 1993 in the United States.

The 510(k) clearance allows the company to market Coblation-based surgical devices for a variety of specific indications, including cholecystectomy, lysis of adhesions, upper and general gastrointestinal procedures, breast biopsy, hysterectomy, myomectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, endometriosis, and other common procedures (representing 21 different surgical indications).

Again, this demonstrates that they knew the weaknesses of older studies in which patients might have undergone extensive lysis of adhesions or excision of endometriosis, etc.

Laparoscopy Question: When billing a diagnostic laparoscopy with lysis of adhesions (58660) along with a laparoscopy with aspiration of a cyst (49322), should the second procedure have a modifier -51 or a modifier -59?

OB-GYN Coding Alert Coding Q & A: Get Expert Advice to Your Most Challenging Ob-Gyn Questions Laparoscopy Question: When billing a diagnostic laparo-scopy with lysis of adhesions (58660) along with a laparoscopy with aspiration of a cyst (49322), should the second procedure have a modifier -51 or a modifier -59?

It should be pointed out that, for purposes of this study, patients with histories of malignancy, inflammatory bowel disease or obstruction, or those with current or past surgeries that involved extensive lysis of adhesions of the bowel were excluded.