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Submit This for Nasogastric Tube Placement

Published on Wed Oct 13, 2021

Question: I bill for a children’s hospital and a small child was brought to the OR and anesthetized to place the nasogastric tube. What is the most appropriate anesthesia code to report? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: Surgical code 43752 (Naso- or oro-gastric tube placement, requiring physician’s skill and fluoroscopic guidance (includes fluoroscopy, image documentation and report)) does not cross to an [...]
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