AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 6 (June)

Surgery: Digestive System (June 2006)

June 2006 page 16c Digestive System, 45915 (Q&A) Question Is it appropriate to report CPT code 45915, Removal of fecal impaction or foreign body (separate procedure) under anesthesia, when conscious sedation is used? AMA Comment No. CPT code 45915 is intended to be reported for fecal impaction or foreign body removals only when performed under general anesthesia. The CPT code descriptors that include the phrase "requiring anesthesia" or "under anesthesia" indicate that the work involved in that specific procedure requires the use of general anesthesia; therefore, it would not be appropriate to report code 45915 if general anesthesia...

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