Surgeons’ Volume-Outcome Relationship for Lobectomies and Wedge Resections for Cancer Using Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Techniques

Table 7

Pulmonary lobectomy CPT codes and ICD-9 codes sets
Open procedures
CPT 32480	Removal of lung, other than total pneumonectomy; single lobe (lobectomy)
ICD 32.49	Other lobectomy of lung
VATS procedures (i.e., via thoracoscopy)
CPT 32663	Thoracoscopy, surgical; with lobectomy, total or segmental
ICD 32.41	Thoracoscopic lobectomy of lung
Wedge resection CPT codes and ICD-9 codes sets
Open procedures
CPT 32484	Removal of lung, other than total pneumonectomy; single segment (segmentectomy)
CPT 32500	Wedge resection
ICD 32.39*	Other and unspecified segmental resection of lung
ICD 32.29	Other local excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of lung (used for wedge resection)
VATS procedures (i.e., via thoracoscopy)
CPT 32657	Thoracoscopy, surgical; with wedge resection of lung, single or multiple
ICD 32.30*	Thoracoscopic segmental resection of lung
ICD 32.20	Thoracoscopic excision of lesion or tissue of lung (used for thoracoscopic wedge resection)

^*Codes 32.30 and 32.39 became effective on October 1, 2007. Prior to that date, the codes were simply 32.3 which did not differentiate between open and thoracoscopic excisions. Due to this lack of information in the ICD codes, data for this project was limited to discharges on or after October 1, 2007.