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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 10 (October)
Correction (October 2001)
October 2001 page 11b
Coding Consultation
Digestive System, Surgery, 49659, 49568 (Q&A), Correction
On page 11 of the September 2001 CPT Assistant, under the heading Surgery/Digestive System, the AMA Comment contained an error. CPT code 49659 was inadvertently transposed. The code should have read 49659, instead of 49569.
Digestive System, Surgery, 49659, 49568 (Q&A), Correction. CPT® Assistant. 2001; October 2001 page 11b
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