AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Digestive System (December 2007)

December 2007 page 12b Bonus Feature:Surgery: Digestive System Question: What is the correct code for insertion of a percutaneous jejunostomy tube? What is the correct code for replacement (tube change) of a percutaneous jejunostomy tube? What is the correct code for insertion of a percutaneous gastrostomy tube with conversion to a jejunostomy tube at the same session? What is the correct code if an existing gastrostomy tube is converted to a jejunostomy tube at a separate setting? Answer: CPT 2008 includes new codes for image-guided percutaneous tube placement, conversion and replacement. These codes all require image guidance as a...

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