CPT Knowledgebase - Mar 6, 2025

Is it appropriate to report code 43999 for a revision of an endoscopic gastric sleeve procedure? The patient had a previous gastric sleeve performed however, it has failed, and they started to gain weight. The surgeon went in and performed a revision utilizing an overstitch device and made multiple passes through lumen in a u shape and once the stitches were placed in position a suture cinch was then passed down through the working channel. The tissue was then approximated to decrease the lumen of the sleeve gastrectomy.

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