tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2008 Issue 7

You Be the Coder: How Can You Report Tube Removal?

Question: A physician in another city placed a laparoscopic jejunostomy tube one month ago. A second physician, locally, attempted to remove the feeding tube in his office, but it broke off. Our surgeon then attempted to remove the broken portion in the office, but failed and had to schedule a trip to the operating room. My surgeon has suggested 43760 for this. Is this correct? Florida Subscriber Answer: Code 43760 (Change of gastrostomy tube, percutaneous, without imaging or endoscopic guidance) describes removal and replacement of a gastrostomy tube, which has not occurred in this case. Rather, your surgeon only...

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