The Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality following Open Emergent Colectomies
Table 1
Open colectomy CPT Code descriptions.
code
Description
44140
Colectomy, partial: with anastomosis
44141
Colectomy, partial: with skin level cecostomy or colostomy
44143
Colectomy, partial: with end colostomy and closure of distal segment (Hartmann type procedure)
44144
Colectomy, partial: with resection, colostomy or ileostomy, and creation of mucofistula
44145
Colectomy, partial: with coloproctostomy (low pelvic anastomosis)
44146
Colectomy, partial: with coloproctostomy (low pelvic anastomosis), with colostomy
44147
Colectomy, partial: abdominal and transanal approach
44150
Colectomy, total: abdominal without proctectomy, with ileostomy or ileoproctostomy
44151
Colectomy, total: abdominal, without proctectomy; with continent ileostomy
44155
Colectomy, total: abdominal, with proctectomy, with ileostomy
44156
Colectomy, total, abdominal, with proctectomy, with continent ileostomy
44157
Colectomy, total: abdominal, without proctectomy, with ileoanal anastomosis, including loop ileostomy, and rectal mucosectomy, when performed
44158
Colectomy, total: abdominal, without proctectomy; with ileoanal anastomosis, creation of ileal reservoir (S or J), including loop ileostomy, and rectal mucosectomy, when performed
44160
Colectomy, partial: with removal of terminal ileum with ileocolostomy