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Learn How to Report an EGD With Stent Exchange Procedure

Published on Mon Jan 12, 2026

Question: I have a report for an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with a stent removal and stent placement that I need help with. I can’t find any official sources stating that the two services cannot be billed together. I know the CPT® code book has instructions to use one code for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with a stent exchange. How should we [...]
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