Research Article

The Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality following Open Emergent Colectomies

Table 1

Open colectomy CPT Code descriptions.

codeDescription

44140Colectomy, partial: with anastomosis
44141Colectomy, partial: with skin level cecostomy or colostomy
44143Colectomy, partial: with end colostomy and closure of distal segment (Hartmann type procedure)
44144Colectomy, partial: with resection, colostomy or ileostomy, and creation of mucofistula
44145Colectomy, partial: with coloproctostomy (low pelvic anastomosis)
44146Colectomy, partial: with coloproctostomy (low pelvic anastomosis), with colostomy
44147Colectomy, partial: abdominal and transanal approach
44150Colectomy, total: abdominal without proctectomy, with ileostomy or ileoproctostomy
44151Colectomy, total: abdominal, without proctectomy; with continent ileostomy
44155Colectomy, total: abdominal, with proctectomy, with ileostomy
44156Colectomy, total, abdominal, with proctectomy, with continent ileostomy
44157Colectomy, total: abdominal, without proctectomy, with ileoanal anastomosis, including loop ileostomy, and rectal mucosectomy, when performed
44158Colectomy, total: abdominal, without proctectomy; with ileoanal anastomosis, creation of ileal reservoir (S or J), including loop ileostomy, and rectal mucosectomy, when performed
44160Colectomy, partial: with removal of terminal ileum with ileocolostomy

Procedural Terminology.