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Is There A Code for NG Tube Removal?

Published on Mon Sep 10, 2018

Question: Our gastroenterologist was called to evaluate a patient whose NG was in the esophagus and proximal stomach with clotted blood within it. He suctioned small amount of red blood which he could see, without causing any further bleeding. He mentioned that otherwise the upper third of esophagus, middle third of esophagus and lower third of esophagus were normal and [...]
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