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CPT® 43752, Under Introduction Procedures on the Stomach

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 43752 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Introduction Procedures on the Stomach.

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A nasogastric or orogastric tube is inserted through the nose (naso–) or mouth (oro–) of the patient into the stomach via the mouth and esophagus. The physician may use radiological guidance to advance the tube to the stomach. This procedure is mainly done to aspirate stomach contents for diagnostic or therapeutic purpose, to prevent aspiration and vomiting in trauma patients, and for enteral feeding. For patients with poisoning or drug overdose, the tube is used to remove the harmful substance from the body by draining the contents of the stomach. The tube is connected to a syringe or a suction pump at the external open end to aspirate or drain the stomach contents.

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NG TUBE PLACEMENT
HI all! if a GI doc is placing a NG tube in the office without guidance we cannot bill the 43752 correct? I would have to bill a reg e/m since not all requirements are met to use the 43752?... [ Read More ]
Critical Care Time/Code
Yes, you would bill the initial for the first day and for the second day. You didn't ask, but I'll throw this in: Patient location is not indicative of critical care services. If the doctor was a... [ Read More ]
31610? does this qualify?
[QUOTE="b.cobuzzi, post: 470552, member: 12103"] Was a permanent stoma being created, tiaralady? Without the full op note and what surrounds the trach, I cannot tell. This is the supercoder lay descr... [ Read More ]
help needed with op note please
:unsure: my thoughts are 38724, 20100, 37615, 43191, 43752 any help is greatly appreciated, I may be over coding / thinking my brain is not in the game today . TIA [ATTACH type="full" alt="4464"]4464... [ Read More ]
NG Tube without Fluoroscopy
Report 43752 with modifier-52... [ Read More ]
Nasogastric Tube, ASA
What is the most appropriate ASA code for CPT 43752 (Naso gastric tube placement)? I bill for a Children's Hospital and a small child was brought to the OR and anesthetized to place the nasogastric t... [ Read More ]
NG tube replacement code
43752 would be the procedure code. Guideance is included in the procedure... [ Read More ]
Coding question
[b]Did you ever get an answer?[/b] I don't work for a GI, but I thought I'd give this a shot. My notes from cpc class say 43752 is only reported if a doctor places the tube AND uses fluoroscopic gui... [ Read More ]
Nj placement
[b]tube[/b] I would try 43752. :)... [ Read More ]
Placement NJ feeding tube
Need some help with this....physican performed an enteroscopy with biopsy but also a NJ tube was placed (no fluro was used). I know I can't use the 43752 but wondering can he bill anything additional... [ Read More ]
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