AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2004 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Balloon Dilation of Gastric Stricture

A patient was admitted through the emergency services department with complaints of a sudden onset of nausea and vomiting due to gastric stricture at the site of a gastric stapling that was performed ten years ago. The stricture has been dilated twice in the past. An endoscopy was done and the lumen at the stapling site was found to be very narrow, so a dilatation of the stapling site was performed. A balloon catheter was placed across the stapling site and a balloon was inflated at a diameter of 15mm twice for one minute. At the end of the procedure it was noted that there was improvement in the diameter at the stapling site. What are the procedure code assignments for this surgery? ...

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