AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 1 (January)

Surgery: Digestive System (January 2008)

January 2008 page 8d Surgery: Digestive System, 43647 (Q&A) Question: Is there a code for electronic analysis and programming or reprogramming of a gastric neurostimulator, or is this procedure considered inclusive of code 43647, Laparoscopy, surgical; implantation or replacement of gastric neurostimulator electrodes, antrum? Answer: There are four codes that describe electronic analysis and programming or reprogramming. None of these four codes are part of the implantation service. The selection is dependent upon the location of the electrodes, which determines whether the pacemaker is for a motility disorder or morbid obesity. If an electronic analysis and programming or...

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