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Can You Differentiate PEG Tube Removal Options?

Published on Mon Nov 23, 2020

Question: Our gastroenterologist removed a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube in the office, and we haven’t figured out how to code it yet. Can you advise? Arkansas Subscriber Answer: The appropriate code choice would depend on whether the physician had to use an incision to remove the PEG tube. You wouldn’t code a non-incisional PEG removal done in an office [...]
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