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Open placement of G-J tube

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Can anyone help me identify the correct code(s) for the open placement of a feeding gastro-jejunostomy tube, both as a stand-alone procedure and when done with another procedure?

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Kathleen Bolton
 
You would use 43820 or 43825, depending on whether or not a vagotomy (surgical cutting of the vagus nerve) was performed. Neither code is listed as a separate procedure, so you would just need to check bundling edits to see whether they can be billed with other procedures.
 
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