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Wiki Laparoscopic Removal of Foreign Body

Thread starter crhunt78
Start date Feb 20, 2009

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crhunt78

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Feb 20, 2009

One of my physicians removed a toothbrush from a patient's stomach laparoscopicaly. He did a gastrostomy and then closed it after removing the toothbrush. Would I use a 43653, Lap Gastrostomy, w/out construction of gastric tube to bill this?

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