AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 1 (January)

Surgery: Digestive System (January 2008)

January 2008 page 8b Surgery: Digestive System, 64595 (Q&A) Question: If a physician removes or revises a gastric neurostimulator pulse generator, should I report a code from the Surgery/ Digestive System section or is there a more appropriate code? Answer: A revision or removal of gastric neurostimulator pulse generator should be reported with code 64595, Revision or removal of peripheral or gastric neurostimulator pulse generator or receiver. Surgery: Digestive System, 64595 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2008; January 2008 page 8b ...

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