Wiki PEG tube removal - would you code

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If a physician removes a PEG tube would you code 49460?

any imput would be appreciated??

thanks. Sheila
 
Reading the description, no. That would be removal of obstructive material from the tube not removal of the tube itself.

Peg tube removal is an E/M code.
 
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