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ICD-9 and CPT

Assign the appropriate ICD-9-CM codes and CPT codes for the following:

Preoperative diagnosis: Acalculus cholecystitis
Postoperative diagnosis: Same


Patient brought to the operating room (OR) and a supraumbilical incision made and the Veress needle introduced followed by laparoscope. Additional instruments and trocars were introduced. The gallbladder was grasped, removed from the liver bed, and brought out through the subxyphoid incision. No calculi were noted on the gallbladder during the procedure or pathologically.

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575.10 Cholecystitis...

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