Medical Coding

Answer: D - 44144 is correct because this is for partial colectomy with resection with colostomy or ileostomy and creation of mucofistula.
Code 44140 is incorrect because this is for partial colectomy with anastomosis. Code 44141 is incorrect because this is for partial colectomy with skin level cecostomy or colostomy. Code 44143 is incorrect because this is for partial colectomy with end colostomy and closure of distal segment (Hartmann’s procedure).