tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 10

Coding Coach: 5 Tips To Keep Your PEG Coding From Going Down The Tubes

Hint:G-tube procedures now include fluoroscopic guidance, when used Recent AMA revisions have made reporting gastrostomy tube procedures much clearer, but coders familiar with G-tube coding prior to CPT 2008 will have to unlearn old habits. Follow these five tips to re-educate yourself now and avoid trouble later.1. Stick With 43246 For True PEG If your physician places a true percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube, you should continue to select 43246 (Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy including esophagus, stomach, and either the duodenum and/or jejunum as appropriate; with directed placement of percutaneous gastrostomy tube). "There's only one acceptable way to code...

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