AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)

Surgery: Digestive System (December 2007)

December 2007 page 12c Bonus Feature:Surgery: Digestive System Question: How do you report injection of a radiosensitizing agent into the pancreas prior to radiotherapy treatment? Answer: There is no specific CPT code to describe this procedure. Therefore, code 48999, Unlisted procedure, pancreas, should be reported. It would not be appropriate to report add-on code 48400, Injection procedure for intraoperative pancreatography (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure). Surgery: Digestive System (December 2007). CPT® Assistant. 2007; December 2007 page 12c ...

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