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CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 5, 2023
At times a greater omental "patch" is secured with one stitch at the pyloroplasty site when a surgeon performs a laparoscopic pyloroplasty. Is the omental patch a component of the pyloroplasty procedure, or is the placement of the omental patch separately reportable using either code 43659 or 49999?
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