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CPT® 00797, Under Anesthesia for Procedures on the Upper Abdomen

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 00797 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Procedures on the Upper Abdomen.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing a gastric restrictive procedure for morbid obesity. In this procedure the surgical provider goes through the abdominal wall, possibly laparoscopically, and restricts or shrinks the volume of the stomach by putting a band across the stomach. This way, the stomach fills up sooner and the patient can decrease his food intake and lose weight.

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00797 question
For gastric band removal for someone who is no longer morbidly obese, would anesthesia still use the 00797 cpt code? It crosswalks from 43772 to 00797 with no other alternate codes listed, but since t... [ Read More ]
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2016 Anesthesia PQRS
Yes, it seems if you use registry reporting you would use 4559F & 4255F, but I haven't had chance to review any articles describing how this revised measure is reported. It seems they did away with ... [ Read More ]
PQRS Measure #193
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[QUOTE="vduque, post: 246306, member: 202177"]no indication of approach is mentioned is it 00790 00797 00840 00842[/QUOTE] The gallbladder is in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen so it has... [ Read More ]
CPT Code for anesthesia for a cholecystectomy
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