AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Digestive System (December 2007)

December 2007 page 12a Bonus Feature:Surgery: Digestive System Question: How would each of the following procedures be reported: (1) laparoscopic excision of a gastric lesion, (2) laparoscopic partial gastrectomy, and (3) laparoscopic partial gastrectomy with a jejunostomy? Answer: There are no specific CPT laparoscopic codes to describe these laparoscopic procedures. Code 43659, Unlisted laparoscopy procedure, stomach, should be reported to describe each of the three procedures listed. Surgery: Digestive System (December 2007). CPT® Assistant. 2007; December 2007 page 12a ...

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