Respectfully Submitted, Ken Andreoni, MD, FACS Recipient heart with or without lung allotransplantation (For artificial heart systems with cardiectomy, see category III codes 0051T-0053T) 33930 Donor cardiectomy-pneumonectomy including cold preservation 33933 Backbench preparation of cadaver donor heart/lung prior to transplantation 33935 Heart-lung transplant with recipient cardiectomy-pneumonectomy 33940 Donor cardiectomy (including cold preservation) 33944 Backbench preparation of cadaver donor heart prior to transplantation 33945 Heart transplant, with our without recipient cardiectomy Allograft Preparation 44715 Backbench preparation of cadaver or living donor intestine prior to transplantation 44720 Backbench reconstruction of cadaver or living donor allograft, venous anastomosis, each 44721 Backbench reconstruction of cadaver or living donor allograft, arterial anastomosis, each 44799 Unlisted procedure, intestine 44135 Intestinal allotransplantation, from cadaver donor 44136 From living donor 44137 Removal of transplanted intestinal allograft, complete 44139 Mobilization of splenic flexure performed in conjunction with partial colectomy 44140 Colectomy, partial with anastomosis 44015 Needle catheter jejunostomy (surgical feeding tube) 43500 Gastrostomy, exploration (surgical G-tube) 44132 Donor enterectomy (including preservation), open from cadaver 44133 partial, from living donor 47133 Donor hepatectomy (including preservation) from cadaver 47135 Liver allotransplantation
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