Shaheedahp
Contributor
If a stent is removed from the major papilla & a stent is placed in the common bile duct can I bill 43269 & 43268 or just 43269?
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Wiki 43269 & 43268
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jettagirlfl
Networker
Per encoder, you may not use them together. Its one or the other. I would use 43269
Shaheedahp
Contributor
Thank you!!!
j.berkshire
Guest
NCCI edits list these two codes as mutually exclusive, but allows the modifier to bypass the edit when the stents are in two different locations. I would bill this as 43269, 43268-59.