AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 4 (April)

Surgery: Digestive System-- Bariatric Surgery (April 2006)

April 2006 page 19c Digestive System - Bariatric Surgery, 43770, 00052 (Q&A) Question Is it appropriate to report code 43770, Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; placement of adjustable gastric band (gastric band and subcutaneous port components), when an individual component has been placed? AMA Comment According to the parenthetical notes under code 43770, when an individual component has been placed, report code 43770 with modifier 52, Reduced services. Use of this modifier will indicate that the procedure has been partially reduced or eliminated at the physician's discretion. Digestive System - Bariatric Surgery, 43770, 00052 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant...

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